IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2063

revised version published as 'Understanding the Cycle: Childhood Maltreatment and Future Crime?' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2012, 47 (2), 509-549

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2057

Dynamics of Work Disability and Pain

Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27(2), 496-509

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2048

Ugly Criminals

Naci Mocan, Erdal Tekin

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 92 (1), 15 - 30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2028

Explorations of the Effect of Experience on Preferences: Two Health-Care Case Studies

Einat Neuman, Shoshana Neuman

revised version published as 'Explorations of the effect of experience on preferences for a health-care service' in: Journal of Socio-Economics, 2010, 39 (3), 407-419

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1995

Welfare State Retrenchment: The Partisan Effect Revisited

Bruno Amable, Donatella Gatti, Jan Schumacher

published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2006, 22 (3), 426-444

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1952

What Happiness Research Can Tell Us About Self-Control Problems and Utility Misprediction

Alois Stutzer, Bruno S. Frey

published in: Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer (eds.), Economics and Psychology. A Promising New Cross-Disciplinary Field, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2007, 169-195

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1911

Measuring the Value of a Statistical Life: Problems and Prospects

Orley Ashenfelter

published in: Economic Journal, 2006, 116 (510), C10-C23

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1887

Labour Force Participation of the Elderly in Europe: The Importance of Being Healthy

Adriaan Kalwij, Frederic Vermeulen

published as: "Health and labour force participation of older people in Europe: what do objective health indicators add to the analysis?" in: Health Economics, 2008, 17(5), 619-638.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1877

Analysis of Health and Longevity in Oldest-Old Population: A Health Capital Approach

Zhong Zhao

published in: Zeng Yi et al. (eds.), Healthy Longevity in China: Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Psychological Dimensions, Berlin et al., 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1864

From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes

Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122 (1), 409-439

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1849

Taxes, Cigarette Consumption and Smoking Intensity

Jérôme Adda, Francesca Cornaglia

published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (4), 1013-1028

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1838

Is There a Link between Economic Outcomes and Genetic Evolution? Cross-Country Evidence from the Major Histocompatibility Complex

José A.M. Borghans, Lex Borghans, Bas ter Weel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1835

Health Determinants in Urban China

Zhong Zhao

substantially revised version published as 'Health Demand and Health Determinants in China' in:Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2008, 6 (1), 77-98

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1832

The Impact of Parental Income and Education on the Health of their Children

Orla Doyle, Colm P. Harmon, Ian Walker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1814

The Obesity Epidemic in Europe

Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1803

Medical Interventions among Pregnant Women in Fee-for-Service and Managed Care Insurance: A Propensity Score Analysis

Leo Turcotte, John Robst, Solomon Polachek

published in: Applied Economics, 2006, 38 (13), 1513-1525

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1784

'Taxing' Doctors: The Impact of Income Caps on the Provision of Medical Services