IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published as 'Benefit Generosity and the Income Effect on Labour Supply: Quasi-Experimental Evidence' in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (571), 1059-1084

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4627

Minimum-Income Benefits in OECD Countries: Policy Design, Effectiveness and Challenges

Herwig Immervoll

published in: D. J. Besharov and K. A. Couch (eds.), Counting the Poor. New Thinking About European Poverty Measures and Lessons for the United States, 2012, Oxford University Press, 171-209. Also available as OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4622

On The Rise of Health Spending and Longevity

Raquel Fonseca, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Titus Galama, Arie Kapteyn

published as 'Accounting for the Rise of Health Spending and Longevity' in: Journal of the European Economics Association, 2021, 19 (1), 536 - 579

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4581

The Distributional Impact of In Kind Public Benefits in European Countries

Alari Paulus, Holly Sutherland, Panos Tsakloglou

published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2010, 29(2), 243–266

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4580

Intensifying the Use of Benefit Sanctions: An Effective Tool to Shorten Welfare Receipt and Speed Up Transitions to Employment?

Bernhard Boockmann, Stephan L. Thomsen, Thomas Walter

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2014, 3:21, https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-9004-3-21

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4529

Mother or Child? Intra-Household Redistribution under Gender-Asymmetric Altruism

Indraneel Dasgupta

published in: Journal of Globalization and Development, 2011, 2 (1), Article 2

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4506

Health and Income: A Robust Comparison of Canada and the US

Jean-Yves Duclos, Damien Échevin

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (2), 293 - 302

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4489

Are Lone Mothers Responsive to Policy Changes? Evidence from a Workfare Reform in a Generous Welfare State

Magne Mogstad, Chiara D. Pronzato

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2012, 114 (4), 1129–1159

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4470

Thieves, Thugs, and Neighborhood Poverty

David J. Bjerk

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2010, 68 (3), 231 - 246

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4457

The Dynamics of Social Assistance Benefit Receipt in Britain

Lorenzo Cappellari, Stephen P. Jenkins

revised version published in Research in Labor Economics, Volume 39: Safety Nets and Benefit Dependence, 2014, 39 - 77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4427

Do Means-Tested School Lunch Subsidies Change Children's Weekly Consumption Patterns?

Larry L. Howard, Nishith Prakash

published as 'Do School Lunch Subsidies Change the Dietary Patterns of Children from Low-Income Households?' in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 2012, 30 (3), 362 - 381

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4391

The Redistributive Effects of Political Reservation for Minorities: Evidence from India

Aimee Chin, Nishith Prakash

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2011, 96 (2), 265-277

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4370

Does Leaving Welfare Improve Health? Evidence for Germany

Martin Huber, Michael Lechner, Conny Wunsch

published in: Health Economics, 2011, 20 (4), 484-504

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4367

International Differences in Longevity and Health and Their Economic Consequences

Pierre-Carl Michaud, Dana P. Goldman, Darius N. Lakdawalla, Yuhui Zheng, Adam H. Gailey

published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2011, 73 (2), 254-63