IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10405

The Twin Instrument

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. 10402

Missing Data, Imputation, and Endogeneity

Ian K. McDonough, Daniel L. Millimet

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2017, 199 (2), 141-155

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10387

Free Primary Education, Schooling, and Fertility: Evidence from Ethiopia

Luke Chicoine

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2021, 35 (2), 480-498

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10385

Inter-ethnic Fertility Spillovers and the Role of Forward-looking Behavior: Evidence from Peninsular Malaysia

Emily A. Beam, Slesh Shrestha

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10383

The Impact of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems on Families' Child Care Choices and the Supply of Child Care Labor

Chris M. Herbst

published in: Economics, 2018, 54, 172- 190

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10378

Addressing Longevity Heterogeneity in Pension Scheme Design and Reform

Mercedes Ayuso, Jorge Miguel Bravo, Robert Holzmann

published in: Journal of Finance and Economics, 2017, 6 (10), 1-21

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10351

Rainfall Risk and Fertility: Evidence from Farm Settlements during the American Demographic Transition

Michael Grimm

published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2021, 21, 593-618.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10330

Detailed Geographic Information, Conflict Exposure, and Health Impacts

Richard Akresh, German Daniel Caruso, Harsha Thirumurthy

published in: World Development, 2022, 155, 105890

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10318

Does Reality TV Induce Real Effects? A Response to Jaeger, Joyce, and Kaestner (2016)

Melissa S. Kearney, Phillip B. Levine

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10317

Does Reality TV Induce Real Effects? On the Questionable Association Between 16 and Pregnant and Teenage Childbearing

David A. Jaeger, Theodore J. Joyce, Robert Kaestner

substantially revised version published as 'A Cautionary Tale of Evaluating Identifying Assumptions: Did Reality TV Really Cause a Decline in Teenage Childbearing?' in: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2020, 38 (2), 317 - 326

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10316

Risk Attitude and Nonmarital Birth

Uwe Jirjahn, Cornelia Chadi

revised version published in: Empirical Economics Letters, 2022, 21 (3), 7-13

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10315

Sex-Differences in Language and Socio-Emotional Skills: Evidence from Large Scale Studies of Very Young Children

Rosangela Bando, Florencia López Bóo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10296

A Snapshot on the Quality of Seven Home Visit Parenting Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

Jane Leer, Florencia López Bóo, Ana Perez Expósito, Christine Powell

published as 'Assessing the quality of home visit parenting programs in Latin America and the Caribbean' in: Early Child Development and Care, 2019, 189 (13), 2183 - 2196

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10287

Early Childcare, Child Cognitive Outcomes and Inequalities in the UK

Daniela Del Boca, Daniela Piazzalunga, Chiara D. Pronzato

published in: H. Blossfeld et al (eds) Child Care and inequalities in an international perspective, Elgar 2017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10286

Inequalities in Educational Outcomes: How Important Is the Family?

Julia Bredtmann, Nina Smith

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80 (6), 1117-1144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10271

On the Quantity and Quality of Girls: New Evidence on Abortion, Fertility, and Parental Investments

S Anukriti, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Hiu Tam

published as 'On the Quantity and Quality of Girls: Fertility, Parental Investments and Mortality' in: Economic Journal, 2022, 132 (651), 1 - 36