IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6930

published in: A. Ben-Arieh, F. Casas, I. Frones, and J. Korbin (eds.), Handbook of Child Well-Being: Theories, Methods, and Policies in Global Perspective, Dordrecht: Springer-Verlag, 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6929

Son Preference and Children's Housework: The Case of India

Tin-chi Lin, Alicia Adsera

published in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2013, 32 (4), 553-584

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6915

Transcriptional Modulation of the Developing Immune System by Early Life Social Adversity

Steven W. Cole, Gabriella Conti, Jesusa M. Arevalo, Angela M. Ruggiero, James J. Heckman, Stephen J. Suomi

published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012, 109(50), 20578-20583

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6879

Saving Lives at Birth: The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes

N. Meltem Daysal, Mircea Trandafir, Reyn van Ewijk

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2015, 7(3), 28-50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6868

Self Investments of Adolescents and their Cognitive Development

Daniela Del Boca, Chiara Monfardini, Cheti Nicoletti

published as 'Parental and child time and cognitive development of adolescents' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35 (2), 565-608

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6864

Early Life Health Interventions and Academic Achievement

Prashant Bharadwaj, Katrine Vellesen Loken, Christopher A. Neilson

published in: American Economic Review, 2013, 103 (5), 1862-91

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6856

Do Babysitters Have More Kids? The Effects of Teenage Work Experiences on Adult Outcomes

Zeynep Erdogan, Joyce P. Jacobsen, Peter Kooreman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6855

The Declines in Infant Mortality and Fertility: Evidence from British Cities in Demographic Transition

Andrew T. Newell, Ian Gazeley

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6847

It's a Boy! Women and Non-Monetary Benefits from a Son in India

Laura V Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6846

Family and Labor Market Choices: Requirements to Guide Effective Evidence-Based Policy

Anna Kurowska, Michal Myck, Katharina Wrohlich

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6825

Birth Order and Child Outcomes: Does Maternal Quality Time Matter?

Chiara Monfardini, Sarah Grace See

published as 'Birth Order and Child Cognitive Outcomes: an Exploration of the Parental Time Mechanism' in: Education Economics, 2016, 24 (5), 481- 495

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6784

Does It Pay for Women to Volunteer?

Robert M. Sauer

published in: International Economic Review, 2015, 56(2), 537-564

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6778

Education and Fertility: Evidence from a Policy Change in Kenya

Luke Chicoine

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6755

Explaining the Birth Order Effect: The Role of Prenatal and Early Childhood Investments

Jee-Yeon K. Lehmann, Ana Nuevo-Chiquero, Marian Vidal-Fernandez

published as 'The Early Origins of Birth Order Differences in Children's Outcomes and Parental Behavior' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53, 123 - 156

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6707

The Effect of Job Displacement on Couples' Fertility Decisions

Kristiina Huttunen, Jenni Kellokumpu

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2016, 34 (2), 403-442

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6689

A Theory of Child Adoption

Dirk Bethmann, Michael Kvasnicka

published in: Journal of Economic Development, 2022, 47 (2), 101-114

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6681

Peer Effects in Program Participation

Gordon B. Dahl, Katrine Vellesen Loken, Magne Mogstad

published in: American Economic Review, 2014, 104 (7), 2049-2074