IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published as 'Sharing the gains of transition: evaluating changes in income inequality and redistribution in Poland using combined survey and tax return data' in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 73, 102121

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12729

Proportional Representation, Political Responsiveness and Child Mortality

Christina Gathmann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12694

Evidence on Intergenerational Income Transmission Using Complete Dutch Population Data

Fiona Carmichael, Christian Darko, Marco G Ercolani, Ceren Ozgen, W. Stanley Siebert

published in: Economics Letters, 2020, 189, 108996

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12643

Career or Flexible Work Arrangements? Gender Differences in Self-Employment in a Young Market Economy

Dominik Buttler, Eva Sierminska

published in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2020, 41, 70 - 95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12568

Does Unemployment Worsen Babies' Health? A Tale of Siblings, Maternal Behaviour and Selection

Elisabetta De Cao, Barry McCormick, Catia Nicodemo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12536

Old Sins Cast Long Shadows: The Long-Term Impact of the Resettlement of the Sudetenland on Residential Migration

Martin Guzi, Peter Huber, Stepan Mikula

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 126, 12536

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12496

The Political Economy of a Northern Ireland Border Poll

Seamus McGuinness, Adele Bergin

published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2020, 44 (4), 781 - 812

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12301

The Long-Term Consequences of the Irish Marriage Bar

Irene Mosca, Robert E. Wright

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12187

Financial Literacy and Preparation for Retirement

Anne Nolan, Karina Doorley

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12173

Human Capital Investment under Exit Options: Evidence from a Natural Quasi-Experiment

Satish Chand, Michael A. Clemens

revision requested

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12090

The Elasticity of Taxable Labour Income in the Netherlands

Egbert L. W. Jongen, Maaike Stoel

published in: De Economist, 2019, 167(4), 359-386.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12016

Touch Thee Not: Group Conflict, Caste Power, and Untouchability in Rural India

Indraneel Dasgupta, Sarmistha Pal

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2021, 49 (2), 442-466

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11959

International Migration and the Distribution of Income in New Zealand Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Areas

Omoniyi Alimi, David C. Maré, Jacques Poot

published online in: New Zealand Economic Papers, 23 June 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11896

A Regression Discontinuity Evaluation of Reducing Early Retirement Eligibility in Poland

Oliwia Komada, Pawel Strzelecki, Joanna Tyrowicz

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 40(2), 286-303

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11848

Institutions, Culture, and Wetland Values

Mayula Chaikumbung, Chris Doucouliagos, Helen Scarborough

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11664

Working Beyond 65 in Ireland

Anne Nolan, Alan Barrett

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11663

The Role of Self-Employment in Ireland's Older Workforce

Anne Nolan, Alan Barrett

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11585

Exploiting the Irish Border to Estimate Minimum Wage Impacts in Northern Ireland

Duncan McVicar, Andrew Park, Seamus McGuinness

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2019, 8(2)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11495

Taxation, Work and Gender Equality in Ireland

Karina Doorley

published in: Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2017-18, 47, 71-87

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11460

Help, Prejudice and Headscarves

Luis Artavia-Mora, Arjun S. Bedi, Matthias Rieger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11273

How Does Terrorism Affect Individuals' Wellbeing?

Alex Bryson, George MacKerron

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11076

Income Increase and Moving to a Better Neighbourhood: An Enquiry into Ethnic Differences in Finland

Maria Vaalavuo, Maarten van Ham, Timo M. Kauppinen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11046

Teenage Daughters as a Cause of Divorce

Jan Kabátek, David C. Ribar

forthcoming in: The Economic Journal, 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10987

What Determines Preferences for an Electoral System? Evidence from a Binding Referendum

Guillem Riambau, Steven Stillman, Geua Boe-Gibson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10803

The Effect of Social Networks on the Economic Outcomes of a Disadvantaged Group: Evidence from Tribal Affiliations

Isabelle Sin, Steven Stillman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10640

Forced off Farm? Labor Allocation Response to Land Requisition in Rural China

Shuang Ma, Ren Mu

published in: World Development, 2020, 132, 104980.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10640

Forced off Farm? Labor Allocation Response to Land Requisition in Rural China

Shuang Ma, Ren Mu

published in: World Development, 2020, 132, 104980.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10543

You Drink, You Drive, You Die? The Dynamics of Youth Risk Taking in Response to a Change in the Legal Drinking Age

Stefan Boes, Steven Stillman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10377

Small-Scale Farming and Food Security: The Enabling Role of Cash Transfers in South Africa's Former Homelands

Dieter von Fintel, Louw Pienaar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9930

Property Rights and Gender Bias: Evidence from Land Reform in West Bengal

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Abhishek Chakravarty, Dilip Mookherjee, Francisco J. Pino

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11 (2), 295-237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9625

The Support Paradox in Community Enterprise Experiments in The Netherlands

Reinout Kleinhans, Maarten van Ham

published in: [International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business].

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9557

The Moderating Effect of Higher Education on Intergenerational Spatial Inequality

Elise de Vuijst, Maarten van Ham, Reinout Kleinhans

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8883

Economic Liberalisation and the Mobility of Minority Groups: Evidence from Māori in New Zealand

Isabelle Sin, Steven Stillman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8779

Burden or Relief? Fiscal Impacts of Recent Ukrainian Migration to Poland

Pawel Kaczmarczyk

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8630

Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision: Evidence from China

John T. Giles, Ren Mu

published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2017, 100 (2), 521-544

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8459

Ireland's Recession and the Immigrant/Native Earnings Gap

Alan Barrett, Adele Bergin, Elish Kelly, Seamus McGuinness

published in: M. Kahanec and K.F. Zimmermann (eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer 2016

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8451

Money Can't Buy Love But Can It Buy Peace? Evidence from the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation

Tilman Brück, Neil T.N. Ferguson

published as 'Money Can't Buy Love but Can It Buy Peace? Evidence from PEACE II' in: Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2020, 37 (5), 536-558

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8401

Changes in Labour Market Transitions in Ireland over the Great Recession

Adele Bergin, Elish Kelly, Seamus McGuinness

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2015, 4 (9)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8382

Welfare Benefits of Agglomeration and Worker Heterogeneity

Coen Teulings, Ioulia V. Ossokina, Henri L.F. de Groot

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8054

Land Reforms, Status and Population Growth

Ulla Lehmijoki, Tapio K. Palokangas

revised version published as 'Landowning, Status and Population Growth' in: E. Moser et al. (eds.), Dynamic Optimization in Environmental Economics, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2014, 315 - 328; extended and more advanced version "Land Reforms and Population Growth" published in Portuguese Economic Journal, 2016, 15, 1-15; all versions co-authored with Ulla Lehmijoki

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7976

A Tale of Minorities: Evidence on Religious Ethics and Entrepreneurship from Swiss Census Data

Luca Nunziata, Lorenzo Rocco

substantially revised version forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Growth

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7938

Gender Discrimination in Property Rights

Marco Casari, Maurizio Lisciandra

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7666

Money for Nothing? Ukrainian Immigrants in Poland and their Remitting Behaviors

Pawel Kaczmarczyk

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7526

Neighbourhood Selection of Non-Western Ethnic Minorities: Testing the Own-Group Preference Hypothesis Using a Conditional Logit Model

Sanne Boschman, Maarten van Ham

published as 'Neighbourhood Selection of Non-Western Ethnic Minorities: Testing the Own-Group Effects Hypothesis Using a Conditional Logit Model' in: Environment and Planning A, 2015, 47(5), 1155-1174

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7522

Does Changing the Legal Drinking Age Influence Youth Behaviour?

Stefan Boes, Steven Stillman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7504

Perception of Workplace Discrimination among Immigrants and Native Born New Zealanders

Bridget Daldy, Jacques Poot, Matthew Roskruge

published in: Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 2013, 16 (1), 137-154

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7489

The Legacy of Conflict: Regional Deprivation and School Performance in Northern Ireland

Neil T.N. Ferguson, Maren M. Michaelsen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7463

How Do Stamp Duties Affect the Housing Market?