IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8017

Does Secular Education Impact Religiosity, Electoral Participation and the Propensity to Vote for Islamic Parties? Evidence from an Education Reform in a Muslim Country

Resul Cesur, Naci Mocan

published as 'Education, religion, and voter preference in a Muslim country' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31 (1), 1-44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8016

Education Promoted Secularization

Sascha O. Becker, Markus Nagler, Ludger Woessmann

published as ''Education and Religious Participation: City-Level Evidence from Germany's Secularization Period 1890-1930' in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2017, 22 (3), 273-311

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8015

Do Tertiary Dropout Students Really Not Succeed in European Labour Markets?

Sylke V. Schnepf

revised version published as 'How do Tertiary Dropouts fare in the Labour Market? A Comparison between EU countries' in: Higher Education Quarterly, 2017, 1, 75-96

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8014

Crime and Mental Wellbeing

Francesca Cornaglia, Naomi E. Feldman, Andrew Leigh

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49 (1), 110-140

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8013

Crime and the Depenalization of Cannabis Possession: Evidence from a Policing Experiment

Jérôme Adda, Brendon McConnell, Imran Rasul

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2014, 122(5), 1130-1202

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8012

Key Players in Co-Offending Networks

Matthew J. Lindquist, Yves Zenou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8011

Do Occupational Demands Explain the Educational Gradient in Health?

Sophie-Charlotte Meyer, Annemarie Künn-Nelen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8010

How Much Does Social Status Matter to Health? Evidence from China's Academician Election

Gordon G. Liu, Ohyun Kwon, Xindong Xue, Belton M. Fleisher

published as 'How Much Does Social Status Matter to Longevity?-Evidence from China's Academician Election' in: Health Economics, 2017, 26, 292-304.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8009

Adjusting Body Mass for Measurement Error with Invalid Validation Data

Charles Courtemanche, Joshua C. Pinkston, Jay Stewart

published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2015, 19, 275–293

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8008

Non-Farm Entrepreneurship in Rural Africa: Patterns and Determinants

Paula Nagler, Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8007

Remittances and Child Labour in Africa: Evidence from Burkina Faso

Olivier Bargain, Delphine Boutin

published as 'Remittance Effects on Child Labour: Evidence from Burkina Faso' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51 (7), 922-938

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8006

'Can't Get Enough': Prejudice, Contact Jobs and the Racial Wage Gap in the US

Morgane Laouénan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8005

Selection and the Measured Black-White Wage Gap Among Young Women Revisited

James Albrecht, Aico van Vuuren, Susan Vroman

published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 33, 66-71

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8004

Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation

Ilhom Abdulloev, Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot & Jessie Bakens (eds) Economics on Cultural Diversity, 2015, Edward Elgar Pub: Cheltenham, UK, 52-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8003

Can the UAE Avoid the Oil Curse by Economic Diversification?

Ilham Haouas, Almas Heshmati

published in: International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, 2017, 144, 7-23

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8002

On the Relationship between Public and Private Investment in the Euro Area

Christian Dreger, Hans-Eggert Reimers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8001

Euroskepticism in the Crisis: More Mood than Economy

Jo Ritzen, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Caroline Wehner

completely revised version published as 'Euroskepticism, Income Inequality and Financial Expectations' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2015, 16 (2), 539-576

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8000

The Economics of Human Development and Social Mobility

James J. Heckman, Stefano Mosso

published in: Annual Reviews of Economics, 2014, 6(1), 689-733

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7999

A Validation Study of Transgenerational Effects of Childhood Conditions on the Third Generation Offspring's Economic and Health Outcomes Potentially Driven by Epigenetic Imprinting

Gerard J. van den Berg, Pia Pinger

revised version published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 23, 103-120

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7998

Rotten Spouses, Family Transfers and Public Goods

Helmuth Cremer, Kerstin Roeder

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30, 141-161