IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7735

People, Places and Public Policy: Some Simple Welfare Economics of Local Economic Development Programs

Patrick Kline, Enrico Moretti

published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2014, 6, 629-662 (

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7707

What Is the Case for Paid Maternity Leave?

Gordon B. Dahl, Katrine Vellesen Loken, Magne Mogstad, Kari Vea Salvanes

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98(4), 655-670

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7698

Steady-State Labor Supply Elasticities: A Survey

Olivier B. Bargain, Andreas Peichl

published as 'Own-wage labor supply elasticities: variation across time and estimation methods' in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2016, 5, 10 (2016)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7697

Does It Pay to Work for Free? Wage Returns and Gender Differences in the Market for Volunteers

Guido Cozzi, Noemi Mantovan, Robert M. Sauer

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 79(6), 1018-1045

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7682

What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-Course Model of Well-Being

Richard Layard, Andrew E. Clark, Francesca Cornaglia, Nattavudh Powdthavee, James Vernoit

published in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124 (580), F720- F738

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7646

Tax Me If You Can! Optimal Nonlinear Income Tax between Competing Governments

Etienne Lehmann, Laurent Simula, Alain Trannoy

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2014, 129 (4), 1995-2030

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7591

Enlisting Employees in Improving Payroll-Tax Compliance: Evidence from Mexico

Todd J. Kumler, Eric Verhoogen, Judith A. Frias

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 102 (5), 881–896.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7585

Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India

Karthik Muralidharan, Nishith Prakash

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017, 9 (3), 321- 350

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7574

Channels of Labour Supply Responses of Lone Parents to Changed Work Incentives

Xiaodong Gong, Robert Breunig

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7571

A Provocative Perspective on Population Aging and Old-Age Financial Protection

Robert Holzmann

published in: Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies 2013 50 (2), 107-137

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7565

Long-Term Care and Lazy Rotten Kids

Helmuth Cremer, Kerstin Roeder

published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 19, 2017, 583-602

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7561

Moderating Political Extremism: Single Round vs Runoff Elections under Plurality Rule

Massimo Bordignon, Tommaso Nannicini, Guido Tabellini

published in: American Economic Review, 2016, 106 (8), 2349-70

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7557

Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality: Evidence from the NOx Budget Program and Ozone Reductions

Olivier Deschenes, Michael Greenstone, Joseph S. Shapiro

published as 'Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality: Evidence from the NOx Budget Program' in: American Economic Review, 2017, 107 (10), 2958–2989)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7556

Modeling Income Dynamics for Public Policy Design: An Application to Income Contingent Student Loans

Tim Higgins, Mathias Sinning

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 37 (1), 273-285

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7544

Do SBA Loans Create Jobs?

J. David Brown, John S. Earle

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. 7528

Does Peacetime Military Service Affect Crime?

Karsten Albæk, Søren Leth-Petersen, Daniel le Maire, Torben Tranæs

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119 (3), 512-540

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7508

Putting Structure on the RD Design: Social Transfers and Youth Inactivity in France

Olivier B. Bargain, Karina Doorley

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52 (4), 1032-1059.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7493

Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls

Laurent Gobillon, Thierry Magnac

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98 (3), 535-551