IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16190

Unintended Consequences of Family Planning Policies on the Breastfeeding Gap between Sons and Daughters

Minhee Chae, Yong Cai, Jun Hyung Kim, William Lavely

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16187

Socioemotional Development during Adolescence: Evidence from a Large Macro Shock

Ghazala Azmat, Katja Maria Kaufmann, Yasemin Özdemir

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16185

The Career Effects of Union Membership

Samuel Dodini, Kjell G. Salvanes, Alexander Willén, Li Zhu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16184

Job Creation and Job Destruction Dynamics in the U.S. Truck Transportation Industry, 1995-2019

Jason W. Miller, Jonathan Phares, Stephen V. Burks

revised version published as 'Job Gain and Job Loss Dynamics in the Truck Transportation Industry' in: Journal of Business Logistics, 2024, 45 (3), e123912024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16181

Erasmus Program and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design

Marco Alberto De Benedetto, Maria De Paola, Vincenzo Scoppa, Janna Smirnova

published in: Labour Economics, 2025, 93, 102675

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16180

Overconfident Boys: The Gender Gap in Mathematics Self-Assessment

Anna Adamecz, John Jerrim, Jean-Baptiste Pingault, Nikki Shure

published as 'Peers, parents, and self-perceptions: the gender gap in mathematics self-assessment' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38, 33 (2025)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16179

When Fairness Is Not Enough: The Disproportionate Contributions of the Poor in a Collective Action Problem

Eugene Malthouse, Charlie Pilgrim, Thomas Hills, Daniel Sgroi

published in: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2023, 152 (11), 3229–3242

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16174

Reconciling Estimates of the Long-Term Earnings Effect of Fertility

Simon Bensnes, Ingrid Huitfeldt, Edwin Leuven

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16166

Campaign Connections

Samuel Bazzi, Claudio Labanca

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16164

Are Immigrants More Left Wing than Natives?

Simone Moriconi, Giovanni Peri, Riccardo Turati

published as 'Analyzing political preferences of second-generation immigrants across the rural–urban divide', in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2025, 146, 103740.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16162

The Impact of COVID-19 on Access to Mental Healthcare Services

Benjamin Harrell, Luca Fumarco, Patrick Button, David J. Schwegman, Kyla Denwood

published in: AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 420 - 422

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16159

Religion, Ideology and Fertility

Kazuhiro Kumo, Cristiano Perugini

published online as 'Religion, Gender Norms and Fertility in Muslim Post-Communist Economies' in: Post-Communist Economies, 15 December 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16156

Expecting Brexit and UK Migration: Should I Go?

Valentina Di Iasio, Jackline Wahba

published in: European Economic Review, 2023, 157, 104484