IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5534

Long-term Effects of Famine on Life Expectancy: A Re-analysis of the Great Finnish Famine of 1866-1868

Gabriele Doblhammer, Gerard J. van den Berg, Lambert H. Lumey

published as 'A re-analysis of the long-term effects on life expectancy of the Great Finnish Famine of 1866-86', in: Population Studies, 67(3) 2013, 309-322

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5533

Estimating the Return to College Selectivity over the Career Using Administrative Earning Data

Stacy Dale, Alan B. Krueger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5532

Student Loan Reforms for German Higher Education: Financing Tuition Fees

Bruce Chapman, Mathias Sinning

published in: Education Economics, 2014, 22 (6), 569-588

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5531

Unobserved Heterogeneity and Risk in Wage Variance: Does Schooling Provide Earnings Insurance?

Jacopo Mazza, Hans van Ophem, Joop Hartog

published as 'Unobserved heterogeneity and risk in wage variance: Does more schooling reduce earnings risk?' in: Labour Economics, 2013, 24, 323 - 338

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5530

The Development of Egalitarianism, Altruism, Spite and Parochialism in Childhood and Adolescence

Ernst Fehr, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Matthias Sutter

published in: European Economic Review, 2013, 64, 369-383

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5529

Commuting Time and Labour Supply: A Causal Effect?

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

published as 'Commuting Time and Labor Supply in the Netherlands: A Time Use Study' in: Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2014, 48(3), 409-426

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5528

Scale Economies Can Offset the Benefits of Competition: Evidence from a School Consolidation Reform in a Universal Voucher System

Monique de Haan, Edwin Leuven, Hessel Oosterbeek

published as 'School Consolidation and Student Achievement' in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2016, 32 (4), 816 - 139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5527

Exit Exams and High School Dropout

Dave E. Marcotte

published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2013, 32 (2), 323-350

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5526

Long-term Effects of Early Childhood Malaria Exposure on Education and Health: Evidence from Colonial Taiwan

Simon Chang, Belton M. Fleisher, Seonghoon Kim, Shi-yung Liu

published in: Econmic Development and Cultural Change, 2014, 62 (3), 519-36.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5525

Alcohol and Student Performance: Estimating the Effect of Legal Access

Jason M. Lindo, Isaac D. Swensen, Glen R. Waddell

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32 (1), 22–32

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5524

What Determines the Return to Education: An Extra Year or a Hurdle Cleared?

Matt Dickson, Sarah Smith

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30 (6), 1167-1176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5523

Overeducation and Mismatch in the Labor Market

Edwin Leuven, Hessel Oosterbeek

published in: Handbook of the Economics of EducationErik Hanushek, F. Welch (eds.): Handbook of the Economics of Education, Elsevier Science, Vol. 4, 283 - 326

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5522

Nowcasting Business Cycles Using Toll Data

Nikos Askitas, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Journal of Forecasting, 2013, 32 (4), 299 - 306.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5521

The Unequal Incidence of Non-Standard Employment across Occupational Groups: An Empirical Analysis of Post-Industrial Labour Markets in Germany and Europe

Paul Marx

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5520

The Politicians' Wage Gap: Insights from German Members of Parliament

Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version published in: Public Choice, 2013, 156(3-4), 653-676

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5519