IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10431

The Effect of Fe y Alegria on School Achievement: Exploiting a School Lottery Selection as a Natural Experiment

Pablo Lavado, Santiago Cueto, Gustavo Yamada, Micaela Wensjoe

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10430

The Sooner the Better? Compulsory Schooling Reforms in Sweden

Martin Fischer, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson, Nina Schwarz

published as 'The Long-Term Effects of Long Terms – Compulsory Schooling Reforms in Sweden' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18 (6), 2776 - 2823

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10429

Research Design Meets Market Design: Using Centralized Assignment for Impact Evaluation

Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua Angrist, Yusuke Narita, Parag A. Pathak

published in: Econometrica, 2017, 85 (5), 1373-1432

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10428

Atmospheric Pollution and Child Health in Late Nineteenth Century Britain

Roy E. Bailey, Timothy J. Hatton, Kris Inwood

published in: Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78(4), 1210-1247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10425

The Power of Social Pensions

Wei Huang, Chuanchuan Zhang

published as 'The Power of Social Pensions: Evidence from China's New Rural Pension Scheme' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021, 13 (2), 179 - 205

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10416

Excess Mortality, Institutionalization and Homelessness Among Status Indians in Canada

Randall K. Q. Akee, Donn. L. Feir

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10415

Free Childcare and Parents' Labour Supply: Is More Better?

Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, Birgitta Rabe

published as 'Does more free childcare help parents work more?' in: Labour Economics, 2022, 74,102100

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10414

Lone Parents, Time-Limited In-Work Credits and the Dynamics of Work and Welfare

Mike Brewer, Jonathan Cribb

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10412

Social Media Use and Children's Wellbeing

Emily McDool, Philip Powell, Jennifer Roberts, Karl Taylor

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 69, 1-20

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10411

Your Spouse Is Fired! How Much Do You Care?

Milena Nikolova, Sinem H. Ayhan

revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 32, 799- 844

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10405

The Twin Instrument

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Damian Clarke

substantially revised version published as 'Twin Birth and Maternal Condition' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101 (5), 853 - 864 / published as 'The Twin Instrument: Fertility and Human Capital Investment' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18 (6), 3090 - 3139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10398

The Effects of Computers on Children's Social Development and School Participation: Evidence from a Randomized Control Experiment

Robert W. Fairlie, Ariel Kalil

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2017, 57, 10 - 19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10397

On the Interpretation of Non-Cognitive Skills: What Is Being Measured and Why It Matters

John Eric Humphries, Fabian Kosse

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017,136,174 - 185

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10391

Estimation of Joint Income? Wealth Poverty: A Sensitivity Analysis

Sarah Kuypers, Ive Marx

published in Social Indicators Research, 2018, 136, 117 - 137