IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7546

Older Workers and Working Time

David N.F. Bell, Alasdair C. Rutherford

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2013, 1-2, 28-34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7545

Does Violent Crime Deter Physical Activity?

Katharina Janke, Carol Propper, Michael A. Shields

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 47, 34-49.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7544

Do SBA Loans Create Jobs?

J. David Brown, John S. Earle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7543

Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis

Wim Naudé, Adam Szirmai, Alejandro Lavopa

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7542

Survival of Spinoffs and Other Startups: First Evidence for the Private Sector in Germany, 1976-2008

Daniel Fackler, Claus Schnabel

substantially revised version published as 'Spinoffs in Germany: Characteristics, Survival, and the Role of their Parents', in: Small Business Economics, 2016, 46 (1), 93-114 ( co-authored by Alexandra Schmucker,)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7541

The Economics of First-Contract Mediation

Sabien Dobbelaere, Roland Iwan Luttens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7540

Allocation of Human Capital and Innovation at the Frontier: Firm-Level Evidence on Germany and the Netherlands

Eric Bartelsman, Sabien Dobbelaere, Bettina Peters

published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2015, 24(5), 875-949

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7539

Surviving the Genocide: The Impact of the Rwandan Genocide on Child Mortality

Federico Ciani, Gianna Claudia Giannelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7538

Health and Health Behaviors during the Worst of Times: Evidence from the Great Recession

Erdal Tekin, Chandler McClellan, Karen Jean Minyard

published as 'Health and health behaviors during the great recession: a note on drinking, smoking, obesity, and physical activity' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2017, 16, 1017 - 1026

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7537

The Importance of Early Conscientiousness for Socio-Economic Outcomes: Evidence from the British Cohort Study

Tyas Prevoo, Bas ter Weel

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2015, 67 (4), 918-948

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7536

Gender Differences in Cognition in China and Reasons for Change over Time: Evidence from CHARLS

Xiaoyan Lei, James P. Smith, Xiaoting Sun, Yaohui Zhao

published as 'Gender differences in cognition in China and reasons for change over time: Evidence from CHARLS' in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2014, 4, 46-55

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7535

Community Effects on Elderly Health: Evidence from CHARLS National Baseline

James P. Smith, Meng Tian, Yaohui Zhao

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2013, 1-2, 50 - 59,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7534

Firm-Level Hiring Difficulties: Persistence, Business Cycle and Local Labour Market Influences

Richard Fabling, David C. Maré

published in: Journal of Labour Research, 2016, 37, 179 - 210

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7533

Testing the Internal Validity of Compulsory School Reforms as Instrument for Years of Schooling

Giorgio Brunello, Margherita Fort, Guglielmo Weber, Christoph T. Weiss

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7532