IZA Discussion Papers

Jennifer Fei, Jessica Sadye Wolff, Michael Hotard, Hannah Ingham, Saurabh Khanna, Duncan Lawrence, Beza Tesfaye, Jeremy Weinstein, Vasil Yasenov, Jens Hainmueller

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14995

What Leads to Measurement Errors? Evidence from Reports of Program Participation in Three Surveys

Pablo Celhay, Bruce D. Meyer, Nikolas Mittag

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2024, 238 (2), 105581

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14923

Visual Inference and Graphical Representation in Regression Discontinuity Designs

Christina Korting, Carl Lieberman, Jordan Matsudaira, Zhuan Pei, Yi Shen

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 138 (3), 1977–2019,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14432

Can You Teach an Old Dog New Tricks? New Evidence on the Impact of Tenure on Productivity

Nicola Gagliardi, Elena Grinza, François Rycx

published as 'Workers' Tenure and Firm Productivity: New Evidence from Matched Employer-employee Data' in: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2023, 62 (1), 3-33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13813

Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: It Is Not Who You Teach, but How You Teach

George Orlov, Douglas McKee, James Berry, Austin Boyle, Thomas J. DiCiccio, Tyler Ransom, Alex Rees-Jones, Joerg Stoye

published in: Economics Letters, 2021, 202, 109812

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13653

Measuring Gender Attitudes Using List Experiments

Niaz Asadullah, Elisabetta De Cao, Fathema Zhura Khatoon, Zahra Siddique

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34: 367-400

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13551

H. Gregg Lewis: Perhaps the Father of Modern Labor Economics

Daniel S. Hamermesh

published in: Robert A. Cord (ed.), The Palgrave Companion to Chicago Economics, Vol. II, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, 574-594,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13372

Evidence for a Two-Women Quota in University Departments across Disciplines

Lena Janys

published as 'Testing the Presence of Implicit Hiring Quotas with Application to German Universities' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106 (3), 627–637

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13290

A Unifying Approach to Measuring Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation

Antonio M. Bento, Noah Miller, Mehreen Mookerjee, Edson Severnini

published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023, 121, 102843

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13044

Long-Term Evolution of Inequality of Opportunity

Maurizio Bussolo, Daniele Checchi, Vito Peragine

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2023, 21, 277 - 323

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12922

Policy Evaluation Using Causal Inference Methods

Denis Fougère, Nicolas Jacquemet

published in: Nigar Hashimzade and Michael A. Thornton (eds.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Empirical Microeconomics, Cheltenham Glos: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12845

The Romano-Wolf Multiple Hypothesis Correction in Stata

Damian Clarke, Joseph P. Romano, Michael Wolf

published in: Stata Journal, 2020, 13 (4), 812-843

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12395

Do Measures of Risk Attitude in the Laboratory Predict Behavior under Risk in and outside of the Laboratory?

Gary Charness, Thomas Garcia, Theo Offerman, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2020, 60, 99-123

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12041

Average Gaps and Oaxaca's Blinder Decompositions: A Cautionary Tale about Regression Estimates of Racial Differences in Labor Market Outcomes

Tymon Sloczynski

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2020, 73 3), 705–729

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12013

Wage Differentials by Bargaining Regime in Spain (2002-2014): An Analysis Using Matched Employer-Employee Data

Raul Ramos, Esteban Sanromá, Hipólito Simón

published in: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2022, 44 (2), 375-395

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 in: New Zealand Economic Papers, 2022, 56 (3), 272-295

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11797

Quasi-Experimental Methods in Environmental Economics: Opportunities and Challenges

Olivier Deschenes, Kyle C. Meng

published in: Handbook of Environmental Economics, 2018, Volume 4, 285-332

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11796

Methods Matter: P-Hacking and Causal Inference in Economics

Abel Brodeur, Nikolai Cook, Anthony Heyes

published as 'Methods Matter: P-Hacking and Publication Bias in Causal Analysis in Economics' in: American Economic Review, 2020, 110 (11), 3634-3660

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11543

The Impact of Sickness Absenteeism on Productivity: New Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data

Elena Grinza, François Rycx

published in: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2020, 59 (1), 150-194

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11122

Revisiting Interregional Wage Differentials: New Evidence from Spain with Matched Employer-Employee Data

Inés P. Murillo Huertas, Raul Ramos, Hipólito Simón

published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2020, 60 (2), 296-347

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10918

Social Insurance and Health

Nicolas R. Ziebarth

short version published as 'Social Insurance and Health' in: Baltagi, B. H. and Moscone, F. (eds.), Health Econometrics, Emerald Publishing, 1st ed., 2018.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10918

Social Insurance and Health

Nicolas R. Ziebarth

short version published as 'Social Insurance and Health' in: Baltagi, B. H. and Moscone, F. (eds.), Health Econometrics, Emerald Publishing, 1st ed., 2018.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10432

The Effect of One Laptop per Child on Teachers' Pedagogical Practices and Students' Use of Time at Home

Gustavo Yamada, Pablo Lavado, Guadalupe Montenegro

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9864

Federal Minimum Wage Hikes Do Reduce Teenage Employment: The Time Series Effects of Minimum Wages in the US Revisited

Stephen Bazen, Velayoudom Marimoutou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9857

Procedures for Eliciting Time Preferences

David Freeman, Paola Manzini, Marco Mariotti, Luigi Mittone

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, 2016, 126 (Part A), 235–242

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9820

Estimating the Size of the Shadow Economy: Methods, Problems and Open Questions

Friedrich Schneider, Andreas Buehn

published as 'Shadow Economy: Estimation Methods, Problems, Results and Open questions' in: Open Economics, 2018, 1, 1-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9820

Estimating the Size of the Shadow Economy: Methods, Problems and Open Questions

Friedrich Schneider, Andreas Buehn

published as 'Shadow Economy: Estimation Methods, Problems, Results and Open questions' in: Open Economics, 2018, 1, 1-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9765

Eliciting Risk Preferences: Firefighting in the Field

Utteeyo Dasgupta, Subha Mani, Smriti Sharma, Saurabh Singhal

published as 'Internal and external validity: Comparing two simple risk elicitation tasks' in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2019, 81, 39 - 46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9463

The Impact of Part-Time Work on Firm Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from Italy

Francesco Devicienti, Elena Grinza, Davide Vannoni

published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2018, 27 (2), 321 - 347

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9438

The Use and Impact of Job Search Procedures by Migrant Workers in China

Tony Fang, Morley Gunderson, Carl Lin

published in: China Economic Review, 2016, 37(0), 154-165

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9376

Secondary Childcare in the ATUS: What Does It Measure?

Jay Stewart, Mary Dorinda Allard

published in: C. Kalenkoski and G. Foster (eds.): The Economics of Multitasking, New York, 2015, 145-171

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9036

Average Wage Gaps and Oaxaca–Blinder Decompositions

Tymon Sloczynski

superseded by IZA Discussion Paper No. 12041

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8939

Virtually No Effect? Different Uses of Classroom Computers and their Effect on Student Achievement

Oliver Falck, Constantin Mang, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80 (1), 1-38

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8724

Share Capitalism and Worker Wellbeing

Alex Bryson, Andrew E. Clark, Richard B. Freeman, Colin P. Green

published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 42, 151-158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8705

Field Experiments in Strategy Research

Aaron K. Chatterji, Michael Findley, Nathan M. Jensen, Stephan Meier, Daniel Nielson

published in: Strategic Management Journal, 2016, 37 (1), 116–132,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8681

Immigration and Economic Growth in the OECD Countries, 1986-2006

Ekrame Boubtane, Jean-Christophe Dumont, Christophe Rault

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, 2016, 68 (2), 340 - 360

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8662

Mapping 'Information Economy' Businesses with Big Data: Findings for the UK

Max Nathan, Anna Rosso, Francois Bouet

published in: Research Policy, 2015, 44 (9), 1714 - 1733

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8286

Screening for Honesty

Bradley Ruffle, Yossef Tobol

substantially revised version available as IZA DP No. 9860

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8278

The Shadow Economy and Shadow Labor Force: A Survey of Recent Developments

Friedrich Schneider

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8278

The Shadow Economy and Shadow Labor Force: A Survey of Recent Developments

Friedrich Schneider

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8178

Entropy Methods for Identifying Hedonic Models

Arnaud Dupuy, Alfred Galichon, Marc Henry

published in: Mathematics and Financial Economics, 2014, 8 (4), 405-416

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8158

Public-Private Sector Wage Differentials by Type of Contract: Evidence from Spain

Raul Ramos, Esteban Sanromá, Hipólito Simón

published in: Hacienda Pública Española/Review of Public Economics, 2014, 208 (1), 107-141

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8082

The Power of Hydroelectric Dams: Agglomeration Spillovers

Edson Severnini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8049

Matching Methods in Practice: Three Examples

Guido W. Imbens

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50 (2), 373 - 419

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8049

Matching Methods in Practice: Three Examples

Guido W. Imbens

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50 (2), 373 - 419

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8028

Decomposition of Differences in PISA Results in Middle Income Countries

Sandra Nieto, Raul Ramos

published in: Prospects, 2015, 45(3), 325-343

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7768

After-School Care and Parents' Labor Supply

Christina Felfe, Michael Lechner, Petra Thiemann

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 42, 62-75

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7315

Population Average Gender Effects

Tymon Sloczynski

superseded by IZA Discussion Paper No. 9036

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7154

Framing Effects in an Employee Savings Scheme: A Non-Parametric Analysis

Peter Kooreman, Bertrand Melenberg, Henriëtte M. Prast, Nathanaël Vellekoop

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7153

The Drivers of Happiness Inequality: Suggestions for Promoting Social Cohesion

Leonardo Becchetti, Riccardo Massari, Paolo Naticchioni

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2014, 66(2), 419-442

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7024

How Should Peer-Review Panels Behave?

Daniel Sgroi, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (570), 255-278

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7017

One Man's Blessing, Another Woman's Curse? Family Factors and the Gender-Earnings Gap of Doctors

Stefanie Schurer, Daniel Kühnle, Anthony Scott, Terence Chai Cheng

published in: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2016, 55(3), 385-414

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6724

The Timing of Earnings Sampling over the Life-Cycle and IV Identification of the Return to Schooling

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6515

Decomposing the Rural-Urban Differential in Student Achievement in Colombia Using PISA Microdata

Raul Ramos, Juan Carlos Duque, Sandra Nieto

published in: Estudios de Economía Aplicada, 2016, 34 (2), 379-412.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6397

Decomposing the Composition Effect

Christoph Rothe

published as 'Decomposing the Composition Effect: The Role of Covariates in Determining Between-Group Differences in Economic Outcomes' in: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2015, 33 (3), 323-337

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6378

The Pitfalls of Work Requirements in Welfare-to-Work Policies: Experimental Evidence on Human Capital Accumulation in the Self-Sufficiency Project

Chris Riddell, W. Craig Riddell

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 117, 39-49

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6339

Characterizing the Instrumental Variable Identifying Assumption as Sample Selection Conditions

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5783

Coverage of Infertility Treatment and Fertility Outcomes: Do Women Catch Up?

Matilde P. Machado, Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano

published in: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 2015, 6 (4), 407-439.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5683

Europe Agreements and Trade Balance: Evidence form Four New EU Members

Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Christophe Rault, Robert Sova, Anamaria Sova

published in: Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2012, 21 (6), 839-863

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5328

Empirical Methods in the Economics of International Immigration

Fernando A. Lozano, Michael D. Steinberger

published in: Carlos Vargas-Silva et al. (eds.) Handbook on Research Methods on Migration, Edward Elgar, 2012

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5306

How to Think About Time-Use Data: What Inferences Can We Make About Long- and Short-Run Time Use from Time Diaries?

Harley Frazis, Jay Stewart

published in: Annales d’Economie et Statistique, 2012, 105/106, 231-246

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4986

Concave-Monotone Treatment Response and Monotone Treatment Selection: With an Application to the Returns to Schooling

Tsunao Okumura, Emiko Usui

published in: Quantitative Economics, 2014, 5 (1), 175-194

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4835

The Distinction between Dictatorial and Incentive Policy Interventions and its Implication for IV Estimation

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4253

How Does Retirement Affect Health?

Stefanie Behncke

published as 'Does retirement trigger ill health?' in: Health Economics, 2012, 21 (3), 282 - 300

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3800

Alternative Approaches to Evaluation in Empirical Microeconomics

Richard Blundell, Monica Costa Dias

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44 (3), 565-640

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3782

On the Bilateral Trade Effects of Free Trade Agreements between the EU-15 and the CEEC-4 Countries

Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Christophe Rault, Anamaria Sova, Robert Sova

published in: Review of World Economics, 2009, 145 (2), 189-206

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3645

Management Economics in a Large Retail Organization

W. Stanley Siebert, Nick Zubanov

published in: Management Science, 2011, 56(8), 1398-1414

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3517

Belief Elicitation in Experiments: Is there a Hedging Problem?

Mariana Blanco, Dirk Engelmann, Alexander K. Koch, Hans-Theo Normann

published in: Experimental Economics, 2010, 13 (4), 412-438.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3426

Evolution of Capital Structure in East Asia: Corporate Inertia or Endeavours?

Nigel Driffield, Sarmistha Pal

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2010, 173 (1), 1- 29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3149

Unemployed and Their Caseworkers: Should They Be Friends or Foes?

Stefanie Behncke, Markus Frölich, Michael Lechner

published in: Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2010, 173 (1), 67-92

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2614

Empirical Modeling of Deprivation Contagion among Social Exclusion Dimensions (Using MCMC Methods)

Ambra Poggi, Xavier Ramos

published in: Jacques Silber (ed.), The Measurement of Individual Well-Being and Group Inequalities: Essays in Memory of Z.M. Berrebi, Routledge, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2315

Shadow Economies and Corruption All Over the World: What Do We Really Know?

Friedrich Schneider

published in: Economies: The Open-Access, Open-Assesment E-Journal, 2007, 1

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2202

Does the Quality of Training Programs Matter? Evidence from Bidding Processes Data

Alberto Chong, Jose C. Galdo

updated version published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (6), 970-986

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2142

Who Pays for Performance?

Erling Barth, Bernt Bratsberg, Torbjørn Haegeland, Oddbjørn Raaum

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2008, 20 (1), 8-29