IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Effort at Work and Worker Well-Being' in: Hamermesh, D.S. and Polachek, S.W. (eds.), Time Use in Economics (Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 51), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, 2023, 35-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15222

Family Finances and Debt Overhang: Evolving Consumption Patterns of Spanish Households

Hector Sala, Pedro Trivín

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14939

Worker Stress and Performance Pay: German Survey Evidence

Mehrzad B. Baktash, John S. Heywood, Uwe Jirjahn

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 201, 276-291

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14790

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Socioeconomic Inequality in Psychological Distress in the UK: An Update

Xiaoying Gao, Apostolos Davillas, Andrew M. Jones

revised version published in : Health Economics, 2022, 31 (5), 912-920

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14761

A Social-Psychological Reconstruction of Amartya Sen's Measures of Inequality and Social Welfare

Oded Stark, Wiktor Budzinski

published in: Kyklos, 2021, 74 (4), 552 - 566

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14733

Social Rejection, Family Acceptance, Economic Recession and Physical and Mental Health of Sexual Minorities

Nick Drydakis

published in: Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 2022, 19, 1318–1340

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14570

The Welfare Effects of Time Reallocation: Evidence from Daylight Saving Time

Joan Costa-Font, Sarah Flèche, Ricardo Pagan

published in: Economica, 2024, 91 (362), 547 - 568

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14366

How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affects Job Stress of Rural Teachers

Haizheng Li, Qinyi Liu, Mingyu Ma

published as 'How the COVID-19 pandemic affects job sentiments of rural teachers' in: China Economic Review, 2022, 72, 101759

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14343

Widows' Time, Time Stress and Happiness: Adjusting to Loss

Daniel S. Hamermesh, Michal Myck, Monika Oczkowska

published as 'Widows' Time: Adjusting to Loss' in: Research in Labor Economics, 2023, 50, 369-396

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14205

Performance Pay and Alcohol Use in Germany

Mehrzad B. Baktash, John S. Heywood, Uwe Jirjahn

revised version published in: Industrial Relations, 2022, 61, 353-383

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14057

The First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Socioeconomic Inequality in Psychological Distress in the UK

Apostolos Davillas, Andrew M. Jones

revised version published in: Health Economics, 2021, 30 (7), 1668 - 1683

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14035

Illicit Drugs and the Decline of the Middle Class

Volker Grossmann, Holger Strulik

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 183, 718-743

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13997

Moms' Time - Married or Not

Daniel S. Hamermesh

published in: Jose Alberto Molina (ed.), Mothers in the Labor Market, Springer Publishers, 2022, 1-27.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13767

Transfer Payment Systems and Financial Distress: Insights from Health Insurance Premium Subsidies

Christian P. R. Schmid, Nicolas Schreiner, Alois Stutzer

revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, 20 (5), 1829-1858

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13744

Maternal Stress and Offspring Lifelong Labor Market Outcomes

Vincenzo Atella, Edoardo di Porto, Joanna Kopinska, Maarten Lindeboom

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13738

Financial Distress and the Role of Management in Micro and Small-Sized Firms

Fernando Alexandre, Sara Cruz, Miguel Portela

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13662

An Economics-Based Rationale for the Rawlsian Social Welfare Program

Oded Stark

published in: Rodríguez, J.G. and Bishop, J.A. (eds), Inequality, Redistribution and Mobility, Bingley, 2020, 179-186

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13570

Can't Leave You Now! Intimate Partner Violence under Forced Coexistence and Economic Uncertainty

Esther Arenas-Arroyo, Daniel Fernández-Kranz, Natalia Nollenberger

published as 'Intimate partner violence under forced cohabitation and economic stress: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 194, 104350

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13526

Minimum Wage and Financially Distressed Firms: Another One Bites the Dust

Fernando Alexandre, Pedro Bação, João Cerejeira, Hélder Costa, Miguel Portela

published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 24, 102088

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13503

COVID-19 and Mental Health Deterioration among BAME Groups in the UK

Eugenio Proto, Climent Quintana-Domeque

revised version published as 'COVID-19 and mental health deterioration by ethnicity and gender in the UK' in: PLOS ONE, 2021, 16 (1), e0244419

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13394

Conflict, Rockets, and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Israel's Operation Protective Edge

Shirlee Lichtman-Sadot, Neta Benshalom-Tirosh, Eyal Sheiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13332

COVID-19, Family Stress and Domestic Violence: Remote Work, Isolation and Bargaining Power

Louis-Philippe Béland, Abel Brodeur, Joanne Haddad, Derek Mikola

published as 'Determinants of Family Stress and Domestic Violence: Lessons from the COVID-19 Outbreak' in: Canadian Public Policy, 2021, 47 (3), 439-459

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12674

Stress and Food Preferences: A Lab Experiment with Low-SES Mothers

Michèle Belot, Jonathan James, Martina Vecchi, Nicolai Vitt

published as 'Daily stressors and food choices: A lab experiment with low-SES mothers' in: European Economic Review, 2021, 136, 103754

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12674

Stress and Food Preferences: A Lab Experiment with Low-SES Mothers

Michèle Belot, Jonathan James, Martina Vecchi, Nicolai Vitt

published as 'Daily stressors and food choices: A lab experiment with low-SES mothers' in: European Economic Review, 2021, 136, 103754

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12646

Maternal Stress and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from an Unexpected Earthquake Swarm

Andrea Kutinova Menclova, Steven Stillman

published in: Health Economics, 2020, 29 (12), 1705 - 1720

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12432

Child Socio-Emotional Skills: The Role of Parental Inputs

Gloria Moroni, Cheti Nicoletti, Emma Tominey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12359

Monetary Policy Transmission to Consumer Financial Stress and Durable Consumption

Dimitris Georgarakos, Konstantinos Tatsiramos

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11701

Has the Economic Crisis Worsened the Work-Related Stress and Mental Health of Temporary Workers in Spain?

Xavier Bartoll, Joan Gil, Raul Ramos

published in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2019, 92 (7), 1047-1059.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11452

Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Early Childhood Development

Matias Berthelon, Diana Kruger, Rafael Sánchez

published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2021, 43, 101047

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11452

Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Early Childhood Development

Matias Berthelon, Diana Kruger, Rafael Sánchez

published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2021, 43, 101047

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11437

Emigration, Remittances and the Subjective Well-Being of Those Staying Behind

Artjoms Ivlevs, Milena Nikolova, Carol Lee Graham

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32 (1), 113-151.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11338

Economic Conditions, Parental Employment and Health of Newborns

Gerard J. van den Berg, Alexander Paul, Steffen Reinhold

published as Economic conditions and the health of newborns: Evidence from comprehensive register data' in: Labour Economics, 2020, 63, 101795

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11221

Financial Stress and Indigenous Australians

Robert Breunig, Syed Hasan, Boyd Hunter

published in: Economic Record, 2019, 95 (308), 34 - 57

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10860

Does Daughter Deficit Promote Parental Substance Use? Longitudinal Evidence on Smoking from Rural China

Xi Chen

paper 1 (results on smoking) published as 'Do skewed sex ratios among children promote parental smoking? Longitudinal evidence from rural China' in: Journal of Substance Abuse, 2018, 23 (4), 366-370; paper 2 (results on alcohol abuse) published as 'Does daughter deficit promote paternal substance use? Evidence from China' in: Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy, 2018, 2:47

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10779

Run For Your Life? The Effect of Close Elections on the Life Expectancy of Politicians

Mark Borgschulte, Jacob Vogler

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019, 167, 18 - 32

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10773

Harsh Times: Do Stressors Lead to Labor Market Losses?

Terhi Maczulskij, Petri Böckerman

published in: European Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 20 (3), 357-373

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10773

Harsh Times: Do Stressors Lead to Labor Market Losses?

Terhi Maczulskij, Petri Böckerman

published in: European Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 20 (3), 357-373

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10486

Does Job Support Make Workers Happy?

Petri Böckerman, Alex Bryson, Antti Kauhanen, Mari Kangasniemi

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 67 (1), 31-52

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10019

Mind, Behaviour and Health: A Randomised Experiment

Yonas Alem, Hannah Behrendt, Michèle Belot, Aniko Biro

published in: PLoS ONE, 2021, 16 (11), e0258172

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9211

Violence and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Homicides in Brazil

Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner, Marco Manacorda

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 119, 16-33.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9053

Prenatal Stress and Low Birth Weight: Evidence from the Super Bowl

Brian Duncan, Hani Mansour, Daniel I. Rees

published as 'It's Just a Game: The Super Bowl and Low Birth Weight' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52 (4) 946-978

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8671

Terrorism and Human Capital at Birth: Bomb Casualties and Birth Outcomes in Spain

Climent Quintana-Domeque, Pedro Ródenas-Serrano

revised version published as 'The Hidden Costs of Terrorism: The Effects on Health at Birth' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 56, 47-60.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8350

Pappa Ante Portas: The Retired Husband Syndrome in Japan

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello

published: Social Science and Medicine, 2017, 175, 135 - 142

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8060

Effects of Stress on Economic Decision-Making: Evidence from Laboratory Experiments

Liam Delaney, Günther Fink, Colm P. Harmon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8043

Does Grief Transfer across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes

Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes

revised version published as 'Does Grief Transfer across Generations? Bereavements during Pregnancy and Child Outcomes' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, 8 (1), 193 - 223

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7511

After the Farm Crisis: Religiosity in the Rural United States

Wafa Hakim Orman

published as 'Religiosity and Financial Crises in the United States' in: Journal of the Scientific Study of Religion, 2019, 58 (1), 20-46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6915

Transcriptional Modulation of the Developing Immune System by Early Life Social Adversity

Steven W. Cole, Gabriella Conti, Jesusa M. Arevalo, Angela M. Ruggiero, James J. Heckman, Stephen J. Suomi

published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012, 109(50), 20578-20583

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6675

Extra Status and Extra Stress: Are Promotions Good for Us?

David W. Johnston, Wang-Sheng Lee

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2013, 66 (1), 32-54

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5809

Job Anxiety, Work-Related Psychological Illness and Workplace Performance

Melanie K. Jones, Paul L. Latreille, Peter J. Sloane

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2016, 54 (4), 742 - 767

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5615

The Psychological Costs of War: Military Combat and Mental Health

Resul Cesur, Joseph J. Sabia, Erdal Tekin

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32 (1), 51-65

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5535

The Effect of Prenatal Stress on Birth Weight: Evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada

Hani Mansour, Daniel I. Rees

published as 'Armed Conflict and Birth Weight: Evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 99 (1),190-199

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4631

Mortgage Indebtedness and Household Financial Distress

Dimitris Georgarakos, Adriana Lojschova, Melanie E. Ward-Warmedinger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4618

Financial Stress, Family Conflict, and Youths' Successful Transition to Adult Roles

Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, David C. Ribar

published as 'Financial Stress, Family Conflict, and Australian Youths’ Transitions from Home and School' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2012, 11 (4), 469 - 490.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3857

Not So Lucky Any More: CEO Compensation in Financially Distressed Firms

Qiang Kang, Oscar A. Mitnik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3727

Polarisation and Health

Cristina Blanco Perez, Xavier Ramos

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2010, 56 (1), 171-185

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2460

The Economics of Prozac: Do Employees Really Gain from Strong Employment Protection?

Etienne Wasmer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1815

Stressed Out on Four Continents: Time Crunch or Yuppie Kvetch?