IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8203

Bouncing Back from Health Shocks: Locus of Control, Labor Supply, and Mortality

Stefanie Schurer

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,133, 1-20, 2017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8202

The Illusion of School Choice: Empirical Evidence from Barcelona

Caterina Calsamiglia, Maia Güell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8201

Gender Gaps in Primary School Achievement: A Decomposition into Endowments and Returns to IQ and Non-cognitive Factors

Bart H.H. Golsteyn, Trudie Schils

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2014, 41, 176-187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8200

Private Notes on Gary Becker

James J. Heckman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8199

Human Capital Mobility: Implications for Efficiency, Income Distribution, and Policy

David Wildasin

published in: M. Gérard and S. Uebelmesser (eds.), The Mobility of Students and the Highly Skilled: Implications for Education Financing and Economic Policy, MIT Press, 2014

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8198

Work and Tax Evasion Incentive Effects of Social Insurance Programs: Evidence from an Employment-Based Benefit Extension

Marcelo Bergolo, Guillermo Cruces

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 117, 211-228

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8197

Cohort Size and Youth Employment Outcomes

David Newhouse, Claudia Wolff

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. 8195

Return Migration, Self-Selection and Entrepreneurship in Mozambique

Catia Batista, Tara McIndoe Calder, Pedro C. Vicente

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 79, 797–821.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8194

Coresidency, Ethnicity, and Happiness of China's Rural Elders

Rachel Connelly, Michael Iannotti, Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Dandan Zhang

published in: Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2015, 56 (1), 70 - 88

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8193

Do Interventions Targeted at Micro-Entrepreneurs and Small and Medium-Sized Firms Create Jobs? A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Low and Middle Income Countries

Michael Grimm, Anna Luisa Paffhausen

published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 32, 67-85

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8192

Skills and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with Evidence from Swaziland

Zuzana Brixiova, Mthuli Ncube, Zorobabel Bicaba

revised version published in: World Development, 2015, 67 (3), 11 - 26

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8191

Reversal of Gender Gaps in Child Development: Evidence from Young Children in India

Florencia López Bóo, Maria Eugenia Canon

published in:Economics Letters, 2014, 124(1), 55-59

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8190

Availability of Family-Friendly Work Practices and Implicit Wage Costs: New Evidence from Canada

Ali Fakih

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8189

Labor Market Deregulation and Female Employment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Japan

Takao Kato, Naomi Kodama

revised version published as 'Deregulating Overtime Hours Restrictions on Women and Its Effects on Female Employment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Japan' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80 (4), 804-821

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8188

How to Stimulate Single Mothers on Welfare to Find a Job: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Marike Knoef, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29, 1025-1061.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8187

The Effect of Public Insurance Coverage for Childless Adults on Labor Supply

Laura Dague, Thomas DeLeire, Lindsey Leininger

published in: American Econonomic Review, 2017, 9 (2), 124 - 154

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8186

Entrepreneurial Couples

Michael S. Dahl, Mirjam C. van Praag, Peter Thompson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8185