IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6241

In Absolute or Relative Terms? How Framing Prices Affects the Consumer Price Sensitivity of Health Plan Choice

revised version published as: 'Does Price Framing Affect the Consumer Price Sensitivity of Health Plan Choice?' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52(1): 89-128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6233

Pulls of International Student Mobility

Martin Kahanec, Renáta Králiková

shortened version published as 'Higher Education Policy and Migration: The Role of International Student Mobility' in: CESifo DICE Report, 2012, 9(4), 20-27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6231

Do Cash Transfers Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence from Matched Vital Statistics, Social Security and Program Data

Veronica Amarante, Marco Manacorda, Edward Miguel, Andrea Vigorito

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, 8 (2), 1 - 43

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6220

Immigration and Welfare State Cash Benefits: The Danish Case

Peder J. Pedersen

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2013, 34 (2), 113-125

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6218

Evidence of State-Level Variability in the Economic and Demographic Well-Being of People with Disabilities in India

Nidhiya Menon, Susan L. Parish, Roderick A. Rose

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6216

Health and the Political Agency of Women

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6 (2), 164-97

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6212

How Immigrant Children Affect the Academic Achievement of Native Dutch Children

Asako Ohinata, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (570), F308-F331

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6208

The Impact of Alternative Grade Configurations on Student Outcomes through Middle and High School

Guido Schwerdt, Martin R. West

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 97 (C), 308-326

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6206

Health Selection and the Effect of Smoking on Mortality

Jérôme Adda, Valerie Lechene

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2013, 115 (3), 902-931

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6194

War and Stature: Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War

Richard Akresh, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Marinella Leone, Una O. Osili

published in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102 (3), 273-277

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6192

The Evolution of the Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

revised version published as 'The Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2012, 40, 581-595

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6190

Institutional Reforms and Educational Attainment in Europe: A Long Run Perspective

Michela Braga, Daniele Checchi, Elena Meschi

revised version published as 'Educational policies in a long-run perspective' in: Economic Policy, 2013, 28 (73), 45-100

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6185

Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA

Eric A. Hanushek, Susanne Link, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 104, 212-232

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6180

The New Role of Temporary Agency Work in Germany

Alexander Spermann

published in: Bouncken, Ricarda B. u. Lutz Bellmann u. Manfred Bornewasser (ed.), Die neue Rolle der Zeitarbeit in Deutschland, Beiträge zur Flexibilisierung, Band 3, München und Mering , 2012, 203-224.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6177

Is Graduate Under-employment Persistent? Evidence from the United Kingdom

Irene Mosca, Robert E. Wright

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6175

The French Unhappiness Puzzle: The Cultural Dimension of Happiness

Claudia Senik

published as 'Why are the French so Unhappy? The Cultural Dimension of Happiness' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 106, 379-401.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6170

Multidimensional Well-Being at the Top: Evidence for Germany

Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel

revised version published in: Fiscal Studies, 2013, 34 (3), 355-371

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6168

Homeownership, Social Capital and Parental Voice in Schooling

Arthur Grimes, Steven Stillman, Chris Young

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6167

Dynamic Skill Accumulation, Comparative Advantages, Compulsory Schooling, and Earnings

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen, Xingfei Liu

published in: Quantitative Economics, 2017, 8, 895–927

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6165