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205 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16117
Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages
Eric A. Hanushek, Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf Van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, Simon Wiederhold
This paper is an updated version of IZA DP No. 14854 (2021).
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15919
Trade Policy Uncertainty, Offshoring, and the Environment: Evidence from US Manufacturing Establishments
Jaerim Choi, Jay Hyun, Gueyon Kim, Ziho Park
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15789
Culture and the Labor Supply of Female Immigrants
Julia Bredtmann, Sebastian Otten
forthcoming in: Economic Inquiry, 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15633
The Effect of Preferential Admissions on the College Participation of Disadvantaged Students: The Role of Pre-College Choices
Michela M. Tincani, Fabian Kosse, Enrico Miglino
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15630
The Timing of Parental Job Displacement, Child Development and Family Adjustment
Pedro Carneiro, Kjell G. Salvanes, Barton Willage, Alexander Willén
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15584
Choosing or Inheriting the Joneses: The Origins of Reference Groups
Martin Leites, Camila Paleo, Xavier Ramos, Gonzalo Salas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15569
The Anti-Corruption Campaign and the Inter-Generational Transmission of Working in Bureaucracy: Evidence from China
Shuai Chen, Erqi Ge
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15557
College Admission as a Screening and Sorting Device
Mikkel Gandil, Edwin Leuven
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15550
Gender Differences in High-Stakes Performance and College Admission Policies
Andreu Arenas, Caterina Calsamiglia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15481
House Price Responses to Monetary Policy Surprises: Evidence from the U.S. Listings Data
Denis Gorea, Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Marianna Kudlyak
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15450
Estimating Intergenerational and Assortative Processes in Extended Family Data
Dolores Collado, Ignacio Ortuño-Ortín, Jan Stuhler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15450
Estimating Intergenerational and Assortative Processes in Extended Family Data
Dolores Collado, Ignacio Ortuño-Ortín, Jan Stuhler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15408
Sweden's COVID-19 Recession: How Foreign and Domestic Infections Struck against Firms and Workers
Anders Akerman, Karolina Ekholm, Torsten Persson, Oskar Nordström Skans
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15350
High School and Exam Scores: Does Their Predictive Validity for Academic Performance Vary with Programme Selectivity?
Pedro Luís Silva, Carla Sá, Ricardo Biscaia, Pedro N. Teixeira
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15290
Optimal Travel Restrictions in Epidemics
Wei Shi, Yun Qiu, Pei Yu, Xi Chen
(prepared for the webinar: Modeling COVID-19 Pandemic: Resources, Methodology and Applications)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15280
The Third Mission in the Academic Profession: Empirical Insights into Academic Identities
Vitus Püttmann, Stephan L. Thomsen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15271
Specialists or All-Rounders: How Best to Select University Students?
Pedro Luís Silva
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15240
What the Students for Fair Admissions Cases Reveal about Racial Preferences
Peter Arcidiacono, Josh Kinsler, Tyler Ransom
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15194
Which Households Respond to Electricity Peak Pricing amid High Levels of Electrification?
Cloé Garnache, Øystein Hernaes, Anders Gravir Imenes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15139
Do Second Chances Pay Off? Evidence from a Natural Experiment with Low-Achieving Students
Aspasia Bizopoulou, Rigissa Megalokonomou, Stefania Simion
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15038
Key Links in Network Interactions: Assessing Route-Specific Travel Restrictions in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Xi Chen, Yun Qiu, Wei Shi, Pei Yu
published in: China Economic Review, 2022, 73, 101800
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15034
The (Un)Importance of Inheritance
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Fanny Landaud, Kjell G. Salvanes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14993
Parental Separation and the Formation of Economic Preferences
Sarah C. Dahmann, Nathan Kettlewell, Jack Lam
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14937
Family Social Norms and Child Labor
Shirit Katav Herz, Gil S. Epstein
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14920
The Predictive Power of Self-Control for Life Outcomes
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sarah C. Dahmann, Daniel A. Kamhöfer, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 197, 725-744
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14854
The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills: An Investigation of the Causal Impact of Families on Student Outcomes
Eric A. Hanushek, Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf Van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, Simon Wiederhold
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14836
Mission of the Company, Prosocial Attitudes and Job Preferences: A Discrete Choice Experiment
Arjan Non, Ingrid M.T. Rohde, Andries de Grip, Thomas Dohmen
published in: Labour Economics, 74, 2022, 102087
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14802
Education Transmission and Network Formation
Vincent Boucher, Carlo L. Del Bello, Fabrizio Panebianco, Thierry Verdier, Yves Zenou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14539
Economics of Minority Groups: Labour Market Returns and Transmission of Indigenous Languages
Diego de la Fuente Stevens, Panu Pelkonen
published in: World Development, 2023, 162, 106096
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14476
The Economic Incentives of Cultural Transmission: Spatial Evidence from Naming Patterns across France
Yann Algan, Clément Malgouyres, Thierry Mayer, Mathias Thoenig
published in: Economic Journal, 2022, 132 (642), 437 - 470
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14376
Killing Prescriptions Softly: Low Emission Zones and Child Health from Birth to School
Hannah Klauber, Felix Holub, Nicolas Koch, Nico Pestel, Nolan Ritter, Alexander Rohlf
revised version forthcoming in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14300
Parental Assortative Mating and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
Paul Bingley, Lorenzo Cappellari, Konstantinos Tatsiramos
published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 77, 102047
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14201
The Effect of Absolute versus Relative Temperature on Health and the Role of Social Care
Giuliano Masiero, Fabrizio Mazzonna, Michael Santarossa
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14129
High School Dropout and the Intergenerational Transmission of Crime
Davide Dragone, Giuseppe Migali, Eugenio Zucchelli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14125
Non-linear Incentives, Worker Productivity, and Firm Profits: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment
Richard B. Freeman, Wei Huang, Teng Li
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14122
Understanding the Mechanisms of Parental Divorce Effects on Child's Higher Education
Yen-Chien Chen, Elliott Fan, Jin-Tan Liu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14030
Parental Paternalism and Patience
Lukas Kiessling, Shyamal Chowdhury, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Matthias Sutter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14007
The Family Origin of the Math Gender Gap Is a White Affluent Phenomenon
Gaia Dossi, David N. Figlio, Paola Giuliano, Paola Sapienza
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13988
Uniform Admissions, Unequal Access: Did the Top 10% Plan Increase Access to Selective Flagship Institutions?
Kalena E. Cortes, Daniel Klasik
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2022, 87, 102199
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13765
From Parent to Child? The Long-Lasting Effects of Social Support
Ambra Poggi, Guyonne Kalb
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13533
The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Role Attitudes: Evidence from Immigrant Mothers-In-Law
Julia Bredtmann, Lisa Sofie Höckel, Sebastian Otten
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 179, 101-115
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13493
Work-Related and Personal Predictors of COVID-19 Transmission
Paul Anand, Heidi Allen, Robert Ferrer, Natalie Gold, Rolando Gonzales Martinez, Evan Kontopantelis, Melanie Krause, Francis Vergunst
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13479
Air Pollution Quotas and the Dynamics of Internal Skilled Migration in Chinese Cities
Bo Yu, Wang-Sheng Lee, Shuddhasattwa Rafiq
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13451
Economic Preferences across Generations and Family Clusters: A Large-Scale Experiment
Shyamal Chowdhury, Matthias Sutter, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published as 'Economic preferences across generations and family clusters: A large-scale experiment in a developing country' in: Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 130 (9), 2361-2410.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13428
Timing Matters: Shifting Economic Activity and Intra-Day Variation in Ambient Ozone Concentrations
David Adler, Edson R. Severnini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13395
The Intergenerational Transmission of Opioid Dependence: Evidence from Administrative Data
Alexander Ahammer, Martin Halla
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13378
Inequality in Personality over the Life Cycle
Miriam Gensowski, Mette Gørtz, Stefanie Schurer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13376
Dynamics of Social Mobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada
Mutlu Yuksel, Yigit Aydede, Francisko Begolli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13362
Gender Gap in Intergenerational Educational Persistence: Can Compulsory Schooling Reduce It?
Merve Demirel-Derebasoglu, Cagla Okten
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13343
Family Background and the Responses to Higher SAT Scores
Georg Graetz, Björn Öckert, Oskar Nordström Skans
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