IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published online as 'The heterogeneous response of real estate prices during the Covid-19 pandemic' in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society, 27 August 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15533

The Midlife Crisis

Osea Giuntella, Sally McManus, Redzo Mujcic, Andrew J. Oswald, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Ahmed Tohamy

published in: Economica, 2023, 90 (357), 65 - 110

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15510

Urban Resilience and Social Security Uptake: New Zealand Evidence from the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 Pandemic

William Cochrane, Jacques Poot, Matthew Roskruge

published in: Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 2023, 29 (2), 155-184

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15468

Economic Recession, Parental Unemployment and Adolescents’ Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health Outcomes in Greece

Nick Drydakis

published in: Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 2023, 23 (2), 275-298.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15399

COVID-19 Private Pension Withdrawals and Unemployment Tenures

Tristram Sainsbury, Robert Breunig, Timothy Watson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15382

Digital Divide or Digital Provide? Technology, Time Use and Learning Loss during COVID-19

Niaz Asadullah, Anindita Bhattacharjee

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58 (10), 1934 - 1957

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15221

Behavioral Responses to Supply-Side Drug Policy During the Opioid Epidemic

Simone Balestra, Helge Liebert, Nicole Maestas, Tisamarie B. Sherry

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15214

Media Capture by Banks

Ruben Durante, Andrea Fabiani, Luc Laeven, José-Luis Peydró

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14101

COVID-19 and Employment in South Korea: Trends and Comparison with the 2008 Financial Crisis

Minhyuk Nam, Soohyung Lee

published in: Seoul Journal of Economics, 2021, 34 (1), 43 - 80

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14084

The Refugee Crisis and Right-Wing Populism: Evidence from the Italian Dispersal Policy

Francesco Campo, Sara Giunti, Mariapia Mendola

published in: European Economic Review, 2024, 168, 104826

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13969

Migration Shocks and Housing: Short-Run Impact of the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan

Ibrahim Alhawarin, Ragui Assaad, Ahmed Elsayed

published in: Journal of Housing Economics, 2021, 53, 101761

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13339

Decomposing Poverty in Hard Times: Greece 2007-2016

Eirini Andriopoulou, Eleni Kanavitsa, Panos Tsakloglou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13114

Intergenerational Ties and Case Fatality Rates: A Cross-Country Analysis

Christian Bayer, Moritz Kuhn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13054

Becoming Sensitive: Males' Risk and Time Preferences after the 2008 Financial Crisis

Michael Jetter, Leandro Magnusson, Sebastian Roth

published in: European Economic Review, 2020, 128, 103512

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13009

The Long-Term Effects of Labor Market Entry in a Recession: Evidence from the Asian Financial Crisis

Eleanor J. Choi, Jaewoo Choi, Hyelim Son

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 67, 101926

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12995

Who Benefits from General Knowledge?

Cristina Bellés Obrero, Emma Duchini

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 85, 102122

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12898

Children of Crisis: The Effects of Economic Shocks on Newborns

Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Seyit Mümin Cilasun, Belgi Turan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12796

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and Neonatal Outcomes

Rania Gihleb, Osea Giuntella, Ning Zhang

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2020, 81, 103497

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12095

Measuring the Spatial Misallocation of Labor: The Returns to India-Gulf Guest Work in a Natural Experiment

Michael A. Clemens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11701

Has the Economic Crisis Worsened the Work-Related Stress and Mental Health of Temporary Workers in Spain?

Xavier Bartoll, Joan Gil, Raul Ramos

published in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2019, 92 (7), 1047-1059.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11610

The Changing Structure of Immigration to the OECD: What Welfare Effects on Member Countries?

Michal Burzynski, Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport

published in: IMF Economic Review, 2018, 66(3), 564-601

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11531

Girls and Boys: Economic Crisis, Fertility, and Birth Outcomes

Soohyung Lee, Chiara Orsini

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2018, 33 (7), 1044-1063

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11328

Migration as an Adjustment Mechanism in the Crisis? A Comparison of Europe and the United States 2006-2016

Julia Jauer, Thomas Liebig, John P. Martin, Patrick A. Puhani

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32, 1-22

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11272

The Economic and Social Determinants of Migrants' Well-Being during the Global Financial Crisis

Alexander M. Danzer, Barbara Dietz

published as 'Migrants’ well-being during the global financial crisis: economic and social predictors' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (3), 770-787

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11133

Adverse Welfare Shocks and Pro-Environmental Behaviour: Evidence from the Global Economic Crisis

Artjoms Ivlevs

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65(2), 293-311

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10806

The Labor Market Effects of Refugee Waves: Reconciling Conflicting Results

Michael A. Clemens, Jennifer Hunt

published in: ILR Review, 2019, 72 (4), 818-857

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10748

Crisis and Reorganization in Urban Dynamics: The Barcelona Case Study

Rafael de Balanzó, Núria Rodríguez-Planas

published in: Ecology & Society, 2017, 23 (4), Article 6

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10234

On the Economics and Politics of Refugee Migration

Christian Dustmann, Francesco Fasani, Tommaso Frattini, Luigi Minale, Uta Schönberg

published in: Economic Policy, 2017, 32 (91), 497–550

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9995

Can Wage Subsidies Boost Employment in the Wake of an Economic Crisis? Evidence from Mexico

Miriam Bruhn

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56 (8), 1558 - 1577

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9952

Euro, Crisis and Unemployment: Youth Patterns, Youth Policies?

Atanu Ghoshray, Javier Ordóñez, Hector Sala

published in: Economic Modelling, 2016, 58, 442-453.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9937

The Productivity Impact of R&D Investment: A Comparison between the EU and the US

Davide Castellani, Mariacristina Piva, Torben Schubert, Marco Vivarelli

published as 'R&D and Productivity in the US and the EU: Sectoral Specificities and Differences in the Crisis', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2019, 138, 279-291.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9913

Temporary Agency Work and the Great Recession

Daniel Baumgarten, Michael Kvasnicka

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 136, 29-44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9466

What Do Unions Do in Times of Economic Crisis? Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

Artjoms Ivlevs, Michail Veliziotis

published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2017, 23 (1), 81-96

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9391

The Japanese Labour Market during the Global Financial Crisis and the Role of Non-Standard Work: A Micro Perspective

Alexander Hijzen, Ryo Kambayashi, Hiroshi Teruyama, Yuji Genda

published in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2015, 38, 260-281

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9231

Bound To Lose, Bound To Win? The Financial Crisis and the Informal-Formal Sector Earnings Gap in Serbia

Niels-Hugo Blunch

published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2015, 4:13

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8937

Evidence of Added Worker Effect from the 2008 Economic Crisis

Sinem H. Ayhan

revised version published as 'Married women's added worker effect during the 2008 economic crisis - The case of Turkey' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2018, 16 (3), 767 - 790

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8809

The Impact of Arab Spring on Hiring and Separation Rates in the Tunisian Labour Market

Ilham Haouas, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8749

Neighborhood Decline and the Economic Crisis

Merle Zwiers, Gideon Bolt, Maarten van Ham, Ronald van Kempen

published in: Urban Geography, 2016, 37 (5), 665 - 584

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8742

The Effect of Unemployment on Self-Reported Health and Mental Health in Greece from 2008 to 2013: A Longitudinal Study Before and During the Financial Crisis

Nick Drydakis

published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2015, 128, 43-51

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8400

The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Youth Labour Markets

Pramod N. (Raja) Junankar

published in: Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2016, 26 (2), 1-27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8383

How Far Away Is a Single European Labor Market?

Annabelle Krause-Pilatus, Ulf Rinne, Klaus F. Zimmermann

revised version published as 'European Labor Market Integration: What the Experts Think' in: International Journal of Manpower, 2017, 38 (7), 954-974

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7921

Migration as an Adjustment Mechanism in the Crisis? A Comparison of Europe and the United States

Julia Jauer, Thomas Liebig, John P. Martin, Patrick A. Puhani

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7745

The Incidence and Persistence of Cyclical Job Loss in New Zealand

David C. Maré, Richard Fabling

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7737

Changes in Income Distributions and the Role of Tax-Benefit Policy During the Great Recession: An International Perspective

Olivier B. Bargain, Tim Callan, Karina Doorley, Claire Keane

published in: Fiscal Studies, 2017, 38 (4), 559-585

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7534

Firm-Level Hiring Difficulties: Persistence, Business Cycle and Local Labour Market Influences

Richard Fabling, David C. Maré

published in: Journal of Labour Research, 2016, 37, 179 - 210

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7511

After the Farm Crisis: Religiosity in the Rural United States

Wafa Hakim Orman

published as 'Religiosity and Financial Crises in the United States' in: Journal of the Scientific Study of Religion, 2019, 58 (1), 20-46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7435

Management Compensation and the Economic Crisis: Longitudinal Evidence from the German Chemical Sector

Christian Grund, Tanja Walter

published in: Review of Managerial Science, 2015, 9, 751-777

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7404

The Role of Institutions and Firm Heterogeneity for Labour Market Adjustment: Cross-Country Firm-Level Evidence

Peter N. Gal, Alexander Hijzen, Zoltan Wolf

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7291

The Role of Short-Time Work Schemes during the Global Financial Crisis and Early Recovery: A Cross-Country Analysis

Alexander Hijzen, Sébastien Martin

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2013, 2:5

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7111

Returning Home at Times of Trouble? Return Migration of EU Enlargement Migrants during the Crisis

Anzelika Zaiceva, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: M. Kahanec and K.F. Zimmermann (eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer: Berlin, et al., 2016 : 397-418

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6800

Global Pension Systems and Their Reform: Worldwide Drivers, Trends, and Challenges

Robert Holzmann

published in: International Social Security Review 2013, 66 (2), 1-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6772

Did Latvia's Public Works Program Mitigate the Impact of the 2008-2010 Crisis?

Mehtabul Azam, Céline Ferré, Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad

revised version published as 'Can public works programs mitigate the impact of crises in Europe? The case of Latvia' in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:10

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6671

How Are Firms Affected by the Crisis and How Do They React?

Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen, Ioana Neamtu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6264

Do Europe's Minimum Income Schemes Provide Adequate Shelter against the Economic Crisis and How, If at All, Have Governments Responded?

Sarah Marchal, Ive Marx, Natascha Van Mechelen

revised version published as 'The great wake-up call? Social citizenship and minimum income provisions in Europe in times of crisis' in: Journal of Social Policy, 2014, 43 (2), 247-267

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6260

Pitfalls of Immigrant Inclusion into the European Welfare State

Martin Kahanec, Anna Myunghee Kim, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2013, 34 (1), 39-55.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6250

Another Economic Miracle? The German Labor Market and the Great Recession

Ulf Rinne, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2012, 1:3, reprinted as 'Un altro miracolo economico? Il mercato del lavoro tedesco e la grande recessione' in: 'Diritto delle Relazioni Industriali , 2013, 23 (2), 401-423

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6151

The Financial Crisis, Labor Market Transitions and Earnings: A Gendered Panel Data Analysis for Serbia

Niels-Hugo Blunch, Victor Sulla

published as 'World gone wrong: the financial crisis, labor market transitions and earnings in Serbia' in: Economic Change and Restructuring, 2014, 47(3), 187-226

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6116

Giving Up Job Search During a Recession: The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the South African Labour Market

Sher Verick

published in: Journal of African Economies, 2012, 21 (3), 373-408

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6096

Economic Crises, Maternal and Infant Mortality, Low Birth Weight and Enrollment Rates: Evidence from Argentina's Downturns

Guillermo Cruces, Pablo Glüzmann, Luis-Felipe López-Calva

published in: World Development, 2012, 40 (2), 303-314

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6074

Labor Demand During the Crisis: What Happened in Germany?

Olga Bohachova, Bernhard Boockmann, Claudia M. Buch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6060

Private Information, Human Capital, and Optimal "Home Bias" in Financial Markets

Isaac Ehrlich, Jong Kook Shin, Yong Yin

published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2011, 5 (3), 255-301

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6057

The Global Economic Crisis: Long-Term Unemployment in the OECD

Pramod N. (Raja) Junankar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5903

Internal Migration in the United States

Raven Molloy, Christopher L. Smith, Abigail Wozniak

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011, 25 (3), 173-196

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5895

Detecting Mortgage Delinquencies

Nikos Askitas, Klaus F. Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5882

Surviving the Crisis: Foreign Multinationals vs Domestic Firms in Ireland

Olivier Godart, Holger Görg, Aoife Hanley

published in: The World Economy, 2012, 35 (10), 1305-1321

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5780

Short-Time Work: The German Answer to the Great Recession

Karl Brenke, Ulf Rinne, Klaus F. Zimmermann

revised version published in: International Labour Review, 2013, 152 (2), 287-305 / spanish version published as 'Desempleo parcial, la respuesta alemana a la Gran Recesión' in: Revista Internacional del Trabajo, 2013, 132 (2), 325-344 / french version published as 'Le chômage partiel: réponse de l'Allemagne face à la grande récession' in: Revue internationale du Travail, 2013, 152 (2), 311-330

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5610

Can Economic Crises Be Good for Your Diet?

Ralitza Dimova, Ira N. Gang, Monnet Benoit Patrick Gbakou, Daniel Hoffman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5607

Revealed Informal Activity

Ralitza Dimova, Ira N. Gang, John Landon-Lane

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5601

Health and Well-Being in the Crisis

Nikos Askitas, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36 (1), 26 - 47.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5601

Health and Well-Being in the Crisis

Nikos Askitas, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36 (1), 26 - 47.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5320

The Impact of the Crisis on Employment and the Role of Labour Market Institutions

Werner Eichhorst, Veronica Escudero, Paul Marx, Steven Tobin

also available as: International Institute for Labour Studies Discussion Paper 202. Geneva.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5294

The Weight of the Crisis: Evidence from Newborns in Argentina

Carlos Bozzoli, Climent Quintana-Domeque

revised version published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96 (3), 550-562.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5220

Distributional Consequences of Labor Demand Adjustments to a Downturn: A Model-Based Approach with Application to Germany 2008-09

Olivier B. Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version published as 'Distributional consequences of labor-demand shocks: the 2008–2009 recession in Germany' in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2012, 19 (1), 118-138

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5134

Foreign Labour Migration and the Economic Crisis in the EU: Ongoing and Remaining Issues of the Migrant Workforce in Germany

Anna Myunghee Kim

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5045

Crisis, What Crisis? Patterns of Adaptation in European Labor Markets

Werner Eichhorst, Michael Feil, Paul Marx

published in: Applied Economics Quarterly Supplement, 2010, 56 (61), 29-64

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4948

The Economic Crisis, Public Sector Pay, and the Income Distribution

Tim Callan, Brian Nolan, John R. Walsh

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2011, 32, 207-225

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4934

The Great Recession of 2008-2009: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses

Sher Verick, Iyanatul Islam

published in: Iyanatul Islam and Sher Verick (eds.), From the Great Recession to Labour Market Recovery: Issues, Evidence and Policy Options, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; ILO/Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4917

Automatic Stabilizers, Economic Crisis and Income Distribution in Europe

Mathias Dolls, Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2011, 32, 227-256

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4608

Does Human Capital Protect Workers against Exogenous Shocks? South Africa in the 2008-2009 Crisis

Ron Leung, Marco Stampini, Désiré Vencatachellum

substantially revised version published in: South African Journal of Economics, 2014, 82(1), 99-116

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4494

Firm Dynamics and Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations: Does Trade Openness Matter? Evidence from Mexico’s Manufacturing Sector

Miguel Fuentes, Pablo Ibarrarán

published in: Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2012, 21 (3), 409 - 469

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4436

The Role of Demographics in Precipitating Crises in Financial Institutions

Diane J. Macunovich

published as 'The role of demographics in precipitating economic downturns' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25 (3), 783-807

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4436

The Role of Demographics in Precipitating Crises in Financial Institutions

Diane J. Macunovich

published as 'The role of demographics in precipitating economic downturns' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25 (3), 783-807

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4359

Who Is Hit Hardest during a Financial Crisis? The Vulnerability of Young Men and Women to Unemployment in an Economic Downturn

Sher Verick

published in: Iyanatul Islam and Sher Verick (eds.), From the Great Recession to Labour Market Recovery: Issues, Evidence and Policy Options, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; ILO/Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4310

Automatic Stabilizers and Economic Crisis: US vs. Europe

Mathias Dolls, Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96 (3-4), 279-294

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3774

Analysis of Pay Inequality and its Impacts on Growth and Performance in the Korean Manufacturing Industry

Yunhee Kim, Jeong-Dong Lee, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3733

The Changing Intra-Household Resource Allocation in Russia

Guy Lacroix, Natalia Radtchenko

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24(1), 85-106