IZA Discussion Papers

published in: M.R. West, L. Woessmann (eds.), Public Opinion and the Political Economy of Education Policy around the World, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2021, 205-243

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10805

Less Welfare or Fewer Foreigners? Immigrant Inflows and Public Opinion towards Redistribution and Migration Policy

Elie Murard

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10604

The Effect of Far Right Parties on the Location Choice of Immigrants: Evidence from Lega Nord Mayors

Emanuele Bracco, Maria De Paola, Colin P. Green, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 166, 12-26.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10475

Winter is Coming: The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict, 1400-1900

Murat Iyigun, Nathan Nunn, Nancy Qian

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10258

Who Runs? Honesty and Self-Selection into Politics

Sebastian Fehrler, Urs Fischbacher, Maik T. Schneider

published as 'Honesty and Self-Selection into Cheap Talk' in: Economic Journal, 2020, 130, 2468-2496

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10198

Identity, Perceptions and Institutions: Caste Differences in Earnings from Self-Employment in India

Deepti Goel, Ashwini Deshpande

published as 'Social identity and perceived income adequacy' in: Review of Development Economics, 2020, 24 (2), 339-361

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9790

Exposure to Refugees and Voting for the Far-Right: (Unexpected) Results from Austria

Andreas Steinmayr

published as 'Contact versus Exposure: Refugee Presence and Voting for the Far-Right' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 103 (2), 310–327

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9672

Islamism and Gender Relations in the Muslim World as Reflected in Recent World Values Survey Data

Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati

published in: Society and Economy, 2016, 38 (4), 427–453

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9098

Norwegian Rhapsody? The Political Economy Benefits of Regional Integration

Nauro F. Campos, Fabrizio Coricelli, Luigi Moretti

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8743

Migration and the Demographic Shift

Anzelika Zaiceva, Klaus F. Zimmermann

substantially revised version published in: Piggott, J. and A. Woodland (Eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, Elsevier, North Holland, 2016, Vol. 1A, Ch. 3, 119-177.

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. 8457

The Rhetoric of Closed Borders: Quotas, Lax Enforcement and Illegal Migration

Giovanni Facchini, Cecilia Testa

published in: Journal of International Economics, 2021, 129 103415

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8228

Mr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and Politics: The Role of Immigration in Shaping Natives' Political Preferences

Guglielmo Barone, Alessio D'Ignazio, Guido de Blasio, Paolo Naticchioni

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 136, 1-14

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8196

Local Funds and Political Competition: Evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India

Bhanu Gupta, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 41 (1), 14-30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8163

Testing an EU-Candidate's Place on the Maps of Global Economic, Political and Social Values: The Case of Turkey

Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati

published as 'Testing Turkey’s Place Within the Maps of Global Economic, Political and Social Values' in: Polish Political Science Review, 2017, 5 (1), 73 - 110

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8147

The Political Economy of Labor Market Regulation with R&D

Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8086

An Empirical Analysis of Trade-Related Redistribution and the Political Viability of Free Trade

James Lake, Daniel L. Millimet

published in: Journal of International Economics, 2016, 99, 156-178

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7795

Public-Private Entanglement: Entrepreneurship in a Hybrid Political Order, the Case of Lebanon

Nora Stel, Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7441

Democracy, Dictatorship and the Cultural Transmission of Political Values

Davide Ticchi, Thierry Verdier, Andrea Vindigni

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7190

Partisan Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1979-2007

Olivier Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version published as 'Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the United States, 1979–2007' in: Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53 (2), 1061-1085

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7132

Trade Liberalization, Democratization and Technology Adoption

Matteo Cervellati, Alireza Naghavi, Farid Toubal

published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2018, 23 (2), 145-173

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6837

Frontier Issues of the Political Economy of Migration

Gil S. Epstein

published in: A. Constant and K. F. Zimmermann (eds): International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar, 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6775

Monetary Commitment and Structural Reforms: A Dynamic Panel Analysis for Transition Economies

Ansgar H. Belke, Lukas Vogel

published in: International Economics and Economic Policy, 2015, 12 (3), 375-392

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6754

Constitutions and Economic Development: Evidence from the American Indian Nations

Randall K. Q. Akee, Miriam Jorgensen, Uwe Sunde

revised version published as 'Critical junctures and economic development – Evidence from the adoption of constitutions among American Indian Nations' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2015, 43 (4), 844 - 861

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6653

Does It Pay to Be a Cadre? Estimating the Returns to Being a Local Official in Rural China

Jian Zhang, John T. Giles, Scott Rozelle

Journal of Comparative Economics, 2012, 40 (3), 337-356

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6599

From Polygyny to Serial Monogamy: A Unified Theory of Marriage Institutions

David de la Croix, Fabio Mariani

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2015, 82(2), 565-607

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6575

Does Immigration into Their Neighborhoods Incline Voters Toward the Extreme Right? The Case of the Freedom Party of Austria

Martin Halla, Alexander F. Wagner, Josef Zweimüller

revised version published as 'Immigration and Voting for the Far Right' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2017, 15 (6), 1341-1385,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6545

E-Lections: Voting Behavior and the Internet

Oliver Falck, Robert Gold, Stephan Heblich

published in: American Economic Review, 2014, 104 (7), 2238-2265

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6522

On the Reversibility of Structural Reforms

Nauro F. Campos, Roman Horváth

published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 117 (1), 217 - 219

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6275

Nice Guys Finish Last: Are People with Higher Tax Morale Taxed More Heavily?

Philipp Doerrenberg, Denvil Duncan, Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl

substantially revised version published in: Kyklos, 2014, 67 (1), 29-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6215

The Economics and Politics of Women's Rights

Matthias Doepke, Michèle Tertilt, Alessandra Voena

published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2012, 4, 339-372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6186

Reforming an Insider-Outsider Labor Market: The Spanish Experience

Samuel Bentolila, Juan J. Dolado, Juan F. Jimeno

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1:4

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5910

Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1978-2009: A Decomposition Approach

Olivier Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch

substantially revised version available as IZA DP 7190

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5836

Did Growth and Reforms Increase Citizens' Support for the Transition?

Roberto Golinelli, Riccardo Rovelli

revised version published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 30, 112-137

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5640

How Prediction Markets Can Save Event Studies

Erik Snowberg, Justin Wolfers, Eric Zitzewitz

published in: Leighton Vaughn Williams (ed), Prediction Markets, Routledge, 2011.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5561

What Drives U.S. Immigration Policy? Evidence from Congressional Roll Call Votes

Giovanni Facchini, Max F. Steinhardt

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, 734-743

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5059

A Political Economy of the Immigrant Assimilation: Internal Dynamics

Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 325-339

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4528

Immigration, Citizenship, and the Size of Government

Francesc Ortega

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2010, 10 (1), Article 26

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4468

Endogenous Indoctrination: Occupational Choice, the Evolution of Beliefs, and the Political Economy of Reform

Gilles Saint-Paul

published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (544), 325 - 353

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4459

Asabiyya: Re-Interpreting Value Change in Globalized Societies

Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4418

Persistence of Civil Wars

Daron Acemoglu, Davide Ticchi, Andrea Vindigni

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8 (2-3), 664-676

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4393

Re-Orient? MNC Penetration and Contemporary Shifts in the Global Political Economy

Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati

published in: Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, 2011, 44 (3), 1-20

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4224

Transition Fatigue? Cross-Country Evidence from Micro Data

Riccardo Rovelli, Anzelika Zaiceva

substantially revised version published as 'Did Support for Economic and Political Reforms Increase During the Post-Communist Transition, and If So, Why?' in: The Economics of Transition, 2013, 21 (2), 193-240.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4214

Do International Labor Standards Contribute to the Persistence of the Child Labor Problem?

Matthias Doepke, Fabrizio Zilibotti

published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2010, 15(1), 1-31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4032

Democracy and Reforms

Paola Giuliano, Prachi Mishra, Antonio Spilimbergo

published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2013, 5(4), 179-204

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3742

International Labor Standards and the Political Economy of Child Labor Regulation

Matthias Doepke, Fabrizio Zilibotti

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7(2-3), 508- 518

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3731

The Farm, the City, and the Emergence of Social Security

Elizabeth M. Caucutt, Thomas F. Cooley, Nezih Guner

published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2103, 18(1), 1-32

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3512

From Individual Attitudes towards Migrants to Migration Policy Outcomes: Theory and Evidence

Giovanni Facchini, Anna Maria Mayda

published in: Economic Policy, No. 56, October 2008, 651 - 713

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3509

Uncertainty and the Politics of Employment Protection

Andrea Vindigni

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3482

Efficiency and Effectiveness of Social Spending

Peter Herrmann, Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati, Chemen S. J. Bajalan

published in: Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, 2009, 35(1), 13-43

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3421

Women’s Liberation: What’s in It for Men?

Matthias Doepke, Michèle Tertilt

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124(4), 1541-1591

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3416

Ideology

Roland Benabou

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6 (2-3), 321-352

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3392

A Theory of Military Dictatorships

Daron Acemoglu, Davide Ticchi, Andrea Vindigni

published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2010, 2 (1), 1-42

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3198

On the Multivariate Analysis of the "Lisbon Process"

Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati, Chemen S. J. Bajalan

published in: History & Mathematics: Processes and Models of Global Dynamics, Volgograd, Russia, 2010, 92 – 137

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3183

Do Interest Groups Affect Immigration?

Giovanni Facchini, Anna Maria Mayda, Prachi Mishra

published in: Journal of International Economics, 2011, 85, 114-128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2855

Why Are People More Pro-Trade than Pro-Migration?

Anna Maria Mayda

published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 101 (3), 160-163

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2675

The Gradual Transformation of Continental European Labor Markets: France and Germany Compared

Werner Eichhorst

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2297

Employment Protection: Tough to Scrap or Tough to Get?

Björn Brügemann

published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (521), F386 - F415

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2286

Does Employment Protection Create Its Own Political Support?

Björn Brügemann

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10 (2), 369 - 416

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2127

Individual Attitudes towards Immigrants: Welfare-State Determinants Across Countries

Giovanni Facchini, Anna Maria Mayda

published as 'Does the Welfare State Affect Individual Attitudes toward Immigrants? Evidence across Countries' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91 (2), 295 - 314

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2093

Reform Redux: Measurement, Determinants and Reversals

Nauro F. Campos, Roman Horváth

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 28 (2), 227-237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1996

Partisan Impacts on the Economy: Evidence from Prediction Markets and Close Elections

Erik Snowberg, Justin Wolfers, Eric Zitzewitz

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122 (2), 807-829

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1831

Why Are More Redistributive Social Security Systems Smaller? A Median Voter Approach

Marko Koethenbuerger, Panu Poutvaara, Paola Profeta

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2008, 60 (2), 275-292