IZA Discussion Papers

published online as 'Early-Life Circumstances and Racial Disparities in Cognition Among Older Adults in the US' in: JAMA Internal Medicine, 28 May 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16695

Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and the Gender Skill Gap

Patricia Cortes, Ying Feng, Nicolás Guida-Johnson, Jessica Pan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16693

The Role of Industries in Rising Inequality

Juraj Briskar, Edoardo di Porto, José V. Rodriguez Mora, Cristina Tealdi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15973

Gender Wage Gap among Young Adults: A Comparison across British Cohorts

Francesca Foliano, Alex Bryson, Heather Joshi, Bożena Wielgoszewska, David Wilkinson

published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 91, 102614

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15704

Social Norms and Gendered Occupational Choices of Men and Women: Time to Turn the Tide?

Patricia Palffy, Patrick Lehnert, Uschi Backes-Gellner

published in: Industrial Relations, 2023, 62 (4), 380-410

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15538

The Long Run Impact of Childhood Interracial Contact on Residential Segregation

Luca Paolo Merlino, Max F. Steinhardt, Liam Wren-Lewis

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2024, 239, 105242

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15197

Industries, Mega Firms, and Increasing Inequality

John C. Haltiwanger, Henry R. Hyatt, James R. Spletzer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15189

Legalization and Long-Term Outcomes of Immigrant Workers

Claudio Deiana, Ludovica Giua, Roberto Nistico

forthcoming in: Demography, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15153

Geographies of Socio-Economic Inequality

Maarten van Ham, David Manley, Tiit Tammaru

published in: Oxford Open Economics, 2024, 3 (S1), i634-i641

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15019

The Long-Run Impacts of Mexican-American School Desegregation

Francisca M. Antman, Kalena E. Cortes

published in: Journal of Economic Literature American, 2023, 61 (3), 888–905

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14812

Flexibility of Working Time Arrangements and Female Labor Market Outcome

Iga Magda, Katarzyna Lipowska

published in: J.A. Molina (ed.) Mothers in the Labor Market, Springer, May 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14758

Gender Preferences in Job Vacancies and Workplace Gender Diversity

David Card, Fabrizio Colella, Rafael Lalive

published online in: Review of Economic Studies, 21 August 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14697

The Role of the Workplace in Ethnic Wage Differentials

John Forth, Nikolaos Theodoropoulos, Alex Bryson

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2023, 61 (2), 259-290

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14618

What Happens When Employers Can No Longer Discriminate in Job Ads?

Peter J. Kuhn, Kailing Shen

published in: American Economic Review, 2023, 113 (4), 1013 - 1048

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14441

The Gender Pay Gap in Ireland from Austerity through Recovery

Karina Doorley, Ivan Privalko, Helen Russell, Dora Tuda

forthcoming in: Research in Labor Economics, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13920

The Federal Effort to Desegregate Southern Hospitals and the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap

D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Daniel I. Rees

forthcoming as 'Imposing Policy on Reluctant Actors: The Hospital Desegregation Campaign and Black Postneonatal Mortality in the Deep South' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13464

School Choice Design, Risk Aversion, and Cardinal Segregation

Caterina Calsamiglia, Francisco Martínez-Mora, Antonio Miralles

published in: Economic Journal, 2021, 131 (635), 1081–1104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13464

School Choice Design, Risk Aversion, and Cardinal Segregation

Caterina Calsamiglia, Francisco Martínez-Mora, Antonio Miralles

published in: Economic Journal, 2021, 131 (635), 1081–1104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13380

Things versus People: Gender Differences in Vocational Interests and in Occupational Preferences

Andreas Kuhn, Stefan C. Wolter

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 203, 210-234

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13305

Centralized Admission Systems and School Segregation: Evidence from a National Reform

Macarena Kutscher, Shanjukta Nath, Sergio Urzua

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 221, 104863

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13193

Prussia Disaggregated: The Demography of its Universe of Localities in 1871

Sascha O. Becker, Francesco Cinnirella

published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2020, 86 (3), 259-290.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13157

Are Universities Important for Explaining Unequal Participation in Student Mobility? A Comparison between Germany, Hungary, Italy and the UK

Sylke V. Schnepf, Elena Bastianelli, Zsuzsa Blaskó

revised version published online as 'What can explain the socio-economic gap in international student mobility uptake? Similarities between Germany, Hungary, Italy and the UK' in: European Education Research Journal, 2024, 23 (4), 479 - 502

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13089

Immigration History, Entry Jobs, and the Labor Market Integration of Immigrants

Laura Ansala, Olof Aslund, Matti Sarvimäki

published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2022, 22 (3), 581-604

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13053

Gender Differences in Preferences for Meaning at Work

Vanessa Burbano, Nicolas Padilla, Stephan Meier

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16 (3), 61–94

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12861

The Strength of Gender Norms and Gender-Stereotypical Occupational Aspirations among Adolescents

Andreas Kuhn, Stefan C. Wolter

revised version published in: Kyklos, 2023, 76 (1), 101-124

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12027

Teaching, Gender and Labour Market Incentives

David Carroll, Jaai Parasnis, Massimiliano Tani

revised version published as 'Why do women become teachers while men don't?' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2021, 21 (2), 793-823

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11909

Race-Blind Admissions, School Segregation, and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Race-Blind Magnet School Lotteries

Jason B. Cook

published as 'Race-blind admissions, school segregation, and student outcomes' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2024, 239, 105237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11876

More Women in Tech? Evidence from a Field Experiment Addressing Social Identity

Lucía Del Carpio, Maria Guadalupe

published in: Management Science, 2024, 68 (5), 3196–3218

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11822

Can Economic Pressure Overcome Social Norms? The Case of Female Labor Force Participation

Ana Rute Cardoso, Louis-Philippe Morin

published online as 'War-driven permanent emigration, sex ratios, and female labor force participation' in: Journal of Human Resources, October 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11684

The Golden Middle Class Neighborhood: Trends in Residential Segregation and Consequences for Offspring Outcomes

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

revised version published as 'Are Richer Neighborhoods Always Better for the Kids?' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2023, 23 (3), 629–651

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11682

Asian Segregation and Scholastic Achievement: Evidence from Primary Schools in New York City

Rocco d'Este, Elias Einiö

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021,83, 102129.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11602

The Risks and Benefits of School Integration for Participating Students: Evidence from a Randomized Desegregation Program

Peter Bergman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11527

Can Public Housing Decrease Segregation? Lessons and Challenges from Non-European Immigration in France

Gregory Verdugo, Sorana Toma

published in: Demography, 2018, 55 (5), 1803-1828

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11368

Deprivation, Segregation, and Socioeconomic Class of UK Immigrants: Does English Proficiency Matter?

Yu Aoki, Lualhati Santiago

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11323

Does Integration Change Gender Attitudes? The Effect of Randomly Assigning Women to Traditionally Male Teams

Gordon B. Dahl, Andreas Kotsadam, Dan-Olof Rooth

published in: The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2021, 136(2), 987–1030.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11143

Immigrant Locations and Native Residential Preferences: Emerging Ghettos or New Communities?

Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Albert Saiz

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2019, 112, 133-151

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11123

Does Segregation Reduce Socio-Spatial Mobility? Evidence from Four European Countries with Different Inequality and Segregation Contexts

Jaap Nieuwenhuis, Tiit Tammaru, Maarten van Ham, Lina Hedman, David Manley

published in: Urban Studies, 2020, 57 (1), 176 - 197

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

published in: European Sociological Review, 2019, 35 (4), 538 - 551

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10980

Inequalities and Segregation across the Long-Term Economic Cycle: An Analysis of South and North European Cities

Tiit Tammaru, Szymon Marcińczak, Raivo Aunap, Maarten van Ham

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10929

Segregation and Fertility: The Case of the Roma in Serbia

Marianna Battaglia, Bastien Chabé-Ferret, Lara Lebedinski

published as 'Segregation, fertility, and son preference: the case of the Roma in Serbia' in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2021, 87 (2), 233-260

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10673

Is the Gender Pay Gap in the US Just the Result of Gender Segregation at Work?

Katie Meara, Francesco Pastore, Allan Webster

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10672

Occupation and Gender

Patricia Cortes, Jessica Pan

published in: Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys and Saul D. Hoffman (eds.), Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Women, 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10595

Where's the Teacher? How Teacher Workplace Segregation Impedes Teacher Allocation in India

Sonja Fagernäs, Panu Pelkonen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10277

Spatial Segregation and Socio-Economic Mobility in European Cities

Maarten van Ham, Tiit Tammaru, Elise de Vuijst, Merle Zwiers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10216

Trajectories of Neighborhood Change: Spatial Patterns of Increasing Ethnic Diversity

Merle Zwiers, Maarten van Ham, David Manley

published in: Population, Space and Place, 2018, 24 (2), e2094

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10146

EthniCity of Leisure: A Domains Approach to Ethnic Integration During Free Time Activities

Kristiina Kamenik, Tiit Tammaru, Maarten van Ham

published in: Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 2019, 110 (3), 289 - 302

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9837

Residential Segregation from Generation to Generation: Intergenerational Association in Socio-Spatial Context among Visible Minorities and the Majority Population in Metropolitan Sweden

Björn Anders Gustafsson, Katarina Katz, Torun Österberg

published in Population, Space and Place, 2017, 23 (4), e2028

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9663

New Perspectives on Ethnic Segregation over Time and Space: A Domains Approach

Maarten van Ham, Tiit Tammaru

published in: Urban Geography, 2016, 37 (7), 953-962

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9656

The Gender Wage Gap: Extent, Trends, and Explanations

Francine D. Blau, Lawrence M. Kahn

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2017, 55(3), 789-865

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9603

Socio-Economic Segregation in European Capital Cities: Increasing Separation between Poor and Rich

Sako Musterd, Szymon Marcińczak, Maarten van Ham, Tiit Tammaru

published in: Urban Geography, 2017, 38 (7), 1062-1083

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9426

Brain Types and Wages

Nick Drydakis

published in: Manchester School, 2017, 85 (2), 183 - 211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9166

Urban Spatial Structure, Employment and Social Ties: European versus American Cities

Pierre M. Picard, Yves Zenou

published as 'Urban spatial structure, employment and social ties' in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2018, 104, 77-93.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9078

The Occupational Feminization of Wages

John T. Addison, Orgul Demet Ozturk, Si Wang

revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2018, 71 (1), 208-241

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8932

Gender Differences in the Effect of Residential Segregation on Workplace Segregation among Newly Arrived Immigrants

Tiit Tammaru, Magnus Strömgren, Maarten van Ham, Alexander M. Danzer

published as 'Relations between residential and workplace segregation among newly arrived immigrant men and women' in: Cities, 2016, 59, 131-138

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8932

Gender Differences in the Effect of Residential Segregation on Workplace Segregation among Newly Arrived Immigrants

Tiit Tammaru, Magnus Strömgren, Maarten van Ham, Alexander M. Danzer

published as 'Relations between residential and workplace segregation among newly arrived immigrant men and women' in: Cities, 2016, 59, 131-138

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8782

Cultural Diversity: A Matter of Measurement

Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot

published in: P. Nijkamp, J. Poot and J. Bakens (eds.), The Economics of Cultural Diversity, Edward Elgar, 2015

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8461

Ethnic Differences in Realising Desires to Leave the Neighbourhood

Sanne Boschman, Reinout Kleinhans, Maarten van Ham

published in: Housing and the Built Environment, 2017, 32, 495 - 512.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8251

How Diverse Can Spatial Measures of Cultural Diversity Be? Results from Monte Carlo Simulations of an Agent-Based Model

Daniel Arribas-Bel, Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot

published in: Environment and Planning A, 2016, 48(10), 2046-2066

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8093

Are Ghettos Good or Bad? Evidence from U.S. Internal Migration

Junfu Zhang, Liang Zheng

revised version published as 'Are People Willing to Pay for Less Segregation? Evidence from U.S. Internal Migration' in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2015, 53, 97-112

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8062

Forty Years of Immigrant Segregation in France, 1968-2007: How Different Is the New Immigration?

Jean-Louis Pan Ké Shon, Gregory Verdugo

published in: Urban Studies, 2015, 52 (5), 823-840

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7965

The Quiet Revolution and the Family: Gender Composition of Tertiary Education and Early Fertility Patterns

Alena Bicakova, Štepán Jurajda

revised version published as 'Gender Composition of College Graduates by Field of Study and Early Fertility' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2017, 15 (4), 1323-1343

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7944

Happy in the Hood? The Impact of Residential Segregation on Self-Reported Happiness

Chris M. Herbst, Joanna Lucio

published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2016, 56 (3), 494 - 521

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7868

Ethnic Spatial Dispersion and Immigrant Identity

Amelie F. Constant, Simone Schüller, Klaus F. Zimmermann

revised version published in: Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2024, 22 (2), 205 - 230

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. 7230

Immigrant Concentration in Schools: Consequences for Native and Migrant Students

Nicole Schneeweis

published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 35, 63-76

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7109

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex Discrimination

Ana Rute Cardoso, Paulo Guimaraes, Pedro Portugal

published as 'What drives the gender wage gap? A look at the role of firm and job-title heterogeneity' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2016, 68 (2), 506-524

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7037

The Cost of Acting "Girly": Gender Stereotypes and Educational Choices

Marta Favara

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7001

Movin' on Up: Hierarchical Occupational Segmentation and Gender Wage Gaps

Dina Shatnawi, Ronald L. Oaxaca, Michael R. Ransom

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2014, 12(3), 315-338.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6841

Ethnic Segregation in Germany

Albrecht Glitz

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 29, 28-40

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6841

Ethnic Segregation in Germany

Albrecht Glitz

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 29, 28-40

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6834

Moving to Segregation: Evidence from 8 Italian Cities

Tito Boeri, Marta De Philippis, Eleonora Patacchini, Michele Pellizzari

published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125, F82-F114.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6812

Gender Gaps in Spain: Policies and Outcomes over the Last Three Decades

Nezih Guner, Ezgi Kaya, Virginia Sánchez-Marcos

published in: SERIEs - Journal of Spanish Economic Association, 2014, 5,(1), 61-103.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6673

Peer Salaries and Employee Satisfaction in the Workplace

Karen A. Mumford, Peter N. Smith

published in: Manchester School, 2015, 83 (3), 307 -313

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6667

Measuring Segregation When Hierarchy Matters

Robert M. Hutchens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6667

Measuring Segregation When Hierarchy Matters

Robert M. Hutchens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6568

Occupational Sex Segregation and Management-Level Wages in Germany: What Role Does Firm Size Play?

Anne Busch, Elke Holst

shorter German version published in: Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 2013, 42 (4), 315-336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6490

Trends in Occupational Segregation by Gender 1970-2009: Adjusting for the Impact of Changes in the Occupational Coding System

Francine D. Blau, Peter Brummund, Albert Yung-Hsu Liu

published in: Demography, 2013, 50 (2), 493-494

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6372

Segregation, Choice Based Letting and Social Housing: How Housing Policy Can Affect the Segregation Process

Maarten van Ham, David Manley

published in: Christopher D Lloyd, Ian Shuttleworth and David Wong (eds.), Social-Spatial Segregation: Concepts, Processes and Outcomes, The Policy Press, 2014

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6363

Living and Working in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency of Immigrants in U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Julia Beckhusen, Raymond J.G.M. Florax, Thomas de Graaff, Jacques Poot, Brigitte Waldorf

published in: Papers in Regional Science, 2013, 92(2), 305-328

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6363

Living and Working in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency of Immigrants in U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Julia Beckhusen, Raymond J.G.M. Florax, Thomas de Graaff, Jacques Poot, Brigitte Waldorf

published in: Papers in Regional Science, 2013, 92(2), 305-328

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6205

Immigrant Enclaves and Crime

Brian Bell, Stephen Machin

published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2013, 53 (1), 118–141