IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13938

On the Mechanisms of Ability Peer Effects

Alexandra de Gendre, Nicolás Salamanca

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13862

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

Leonardo Baccini, Abel Brodeur, Stephen Weymouth

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34 (2), 739-767

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13840

Don't Downsize This! Social Reactions to Mass Dismissals on Twitter

Andrea Bassanini, Eve Caroli, Bruno Chaves Ferreira, Antoine Rebérioux

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13814

Female Labor Force Participation in Five Selected Mena Countries: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia)

Moundir Lassassi, Aysit Tansel

substantially revised version published as 'Female Labor Force Participation in Egypt and Palestine: An Age-Period- Cohort Analysis' in: Review of Development Economics, 2022, 26 (4), 1997-2020.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13804

Human Capital Development: New Evidence on the Production of Socio-Emotional Skills

Mark Mitchell, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter, Alan Sanchez

published online in: Journal of Human Resources, 06 June 2023, 1120-11342R

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13780

The Nurture of Nature and the Nature of Nurture: How Genes and Investments Interact in the Formation of Skills

Mikkel Aagaard Houmark, Victor Ronda, Michael Rosholm

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13765

From Parent to Child? The Long-Lasting Effects of Social Support

Ambra Poggi, Guyonne Kalb

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13722

India's Calorie Consumption Puzzle: Insights From the Stochastic Cost Frontier Analysis of Calorie Purchases

Gautam Hazarika, Sourabh Bikas Paul

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13714

A Note on the Importance of Normalizations in Dynamic Latent Factor Models of Skill Formation

Emilia Del Bono, Josh Kinsler, Ronni Pavan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13713

Skill Formation and the Trouble with Child Non-Cognitive Skill Measures

Emilia Del Bono, Josh Kinsler, Ronni Pavan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13632

The Forgotten Numbers: A Closer Look at COVID-19 Non-Fatal Valuations

Thomas J. Kniesner, Ryan Sullivan

published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Special Issue: Valuation and Risk Perceptions of the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, 61(2), 155-176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13591

The Changing Composition of Academic Majors and Wage Dynamics

Natalia Kyui, Natalia Radchenko

published as 'The changing composition of academic majors and wage dynamics: Beyond mean returns' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2021, 49 (2), 358-381

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13580

Behavioral Welfare Economics and Risk Preferences: A Bayesian Approach

Xiaoxue Sherry Gao, Glenn Harrison, Rusty Tchernis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13459

Exploratory Data Analysis on Large Data Sets: The Example of Salary Variation in Spanish Social Security Data

Catia Nicodemo, Albert Satorra

published in: BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 2022, 25 (3), 283–294

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13373

Allocating Subsidies for Private Investments to Maximize Jobs Impacts

David A. Robalino, Jose M. Romero, Ian Walker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13373

Allocating Subsidies for Private Investments to Maximize Jobs Impacts