IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9406

The Subversive Nature of Inequality: Subjective Inequality Perceptions and Attitudes to Social Inequality

Andreas Kuhn

revised and shortened version published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 59, 331-344

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9405

The Coming Wave: Where Do Emerging Market Investors Put Their Money?

G. Andrew Karolyi, David T. Ng, Eswar Prasad

published in: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2020, 55 (4), 1369 - 1414

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9404

What Factors Influence Firm Perceptions of Labour Market Constraints to Growth in the MENA Region?

Ali Fakih, Pascal L. Ghazalian

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36 (8), 1181-1206

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9403

Beyond Qualifications: Returns to Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Skills in Colombia

Pablo A. Acosta, Noel Muller, Miguel Sarzosa

published as 'Adults' Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills and Their Labor Market Outcomes in Colombia' in: Revista de Economia del Rosario, 2020, 23 (1), 109-148.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9402

Person Equivalent Headcount Measures of Poverty

Tony Castleman, James Foster, Stephen C. Smith

published in: Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy, edited by Kaushik Basu and Joseph Stiglitz, Palgrave MacMillan, 2016, Ch. 3, pp 101-127

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9401

National Well-being Policy and a Weighted Approach to Human Feelings

Gus O'Donnell, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Ecological Economics, 2015,120, 59 - 70

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9400

Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water and Mental Health

Shyamal Chowdhury, Annabelle Krause-Pilatus, Klaus F. Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9399

Pollution, Infectious Disease, and Mortality: Evidence from the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic

Karen Clay, Joshua Lewis, Edson R. Severnini

published in: Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78 (4), 1179-1209

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9398

Vog: Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Health Costs of Particulates

Timothy J. Halliday, John Lynham, Aureo de Paula

published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (620),1782–1816,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9397

Height, Weight and Well-Being for Rural, Urban and Migrant Workers in China

Wang-Sheng Lee, Zhong Zhao

published in: Social Indicators Research, 2017, 132 (1), 117-136

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9396

A Cross-State Comparison of Measures of Subjective Well-Being

Younghwan Song

published in: International Journal of Wellbeing, 2017, 7 (1), 65-83

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9395

Direct Evidence for Income Comparisons and Subjective Well-Being across Reference Groups

Laszlo Goerke, Markus Pannenberg

revised version published in: Economics Letters, 2015, 137, 95-101

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9394

New Estimates of Intergenerational Mobility in Australia

Silvia Mendolia, Peter Siminski

published in: Economic Record, 2016, 92 (298), 361-373.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9393

Labor Force Activity after 60: Recent Trends in the Scandinavian Countries with Germany as a Benchmark

Mona Larsen, Peder J. Pedersen

updated version published as 'Labour force activity after 65: what explain recent trends in Denmark, Germany and Sweden?' in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2017, 50, 5–27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9392

Heterogeneity of Skill Needs and Job Complexity: Evidence from the OECD PIAAC Survey

Konstantinos Pouliakas, Giovanni Russo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9391

The Japanese Labour Market during the Global Financial Crisis and the Role of Non-Standard Work: A Micro Perspective

Alexander Hijzen, Ryo Kambayashi, Hiroshi Teruyama, Yuji Genda

published in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2015, 38, 260-281

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9390

Stemming the Tide: What Have EU Countries Done to Support Low-Wage Workers in an Era of Downward Wage Pressures?

Sarah Marchal, Ive Marx

published in: Journal of European Social Policy, 2018, 28 (1), 18 - 33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9389