IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9487

The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen

David McKenzie, Nabila Assaf, Ana Paula Cusolito

published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 5:1, 2016

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9486

Workfare and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from India

Manisha Shah, Bryce Millett Steinberg

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 56 (2) 380-405;

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9476

Early Childhood Education

Sneha Elango, Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman, Andrés Hojman

published in: Robert A. Moffitt (ed.), Economics of Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, Volume II, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016, 235-298.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9457

Treatment versus Regime Effects of Carrots and Sticks

Patrick Arni, Gerard J. van den Berg, Rafael Lalive

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9393

Labor Force Activity after 60: Recent Trends in the Scandinavian Countries with Germany as a Benchmark

Mona Larsen, Peder J. Pedersen

updated version published as 'Labour force activity after 65: what explain recent trends in Denmark, Germany and Sweden?' in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2017, 50, 5–27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9264

A Note on Possible Estimation Bias When Studying Persons with Work Disability in Active Labour Market Programs

Christer Gerdes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9236

What Works? A Meta Analysis of Recent Active Labor Market Program Evaluations

David Card, Jochen Kluve, Andrea Weber

revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2018, 16 (3), 894 - 931

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9184

Worker-level and Firm-level Effects of a Wage Subsidy Program for Highly Educated Labor: Evidence from Denmark

Ulrich Kaiser, Johan Moritz Kuhn

published in: Research Policy, 2016, 45 (9), 1939-1943

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9161

May There Be Victory: Government Election Performance and the World's Largest Public-Works Program

Laura V Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9160

Guns and Butter? Fighting Violence with the Promise of Development

Gaurav Khanna, Laura V Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9138

Direct and Indirect Effects of Training Vouchers for the Unemployed

Martin Huber, Michael Lechner, Anthony Strittmatter

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society), 2018, 181 (3), 441-463 (

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9134

How to Fight Long-Term Unemployment: Lessons from Germany

Alexander Spermann

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015, 4:15

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9131

"A Flop or a Success?" An Evaluation of the Welfare Impacts of the 6-3-3-4 Education System in Nigeria

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9064

Global Poverty Goals and Prices: How Purchasing Power Parity Matters

Dean Jolliffe, Espen Beer Prydz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9033

Program Evaluation and Spillover Effects

Manuela Angelucci, Vincenzo Di Maro

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8990

The Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Returns to Voucher-Financed Training

Katja Görlitz, Marcus Tamm

substantially revised version published as 'The returns to voucher-financed training on wages, employment and job tasks' in: Economics of Education Review, 2016, 52, 51 - 62

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8980

Optimal Social Assistance and Unemployment Insurance in a Life-Cycle Model of Family Labor Supply and Savings

Peter Haan, Victoria L. Prowse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8969

Infant Health and Longevity: Evidence from a Historical Trial in Sweden

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2017, 15 (1), 1101 - 1157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8944

Pooling Multiple Case Studies Using Synthetic Controls: An Application to Minimum Wage Policies

Arindrajit Dube, Ben Zipperer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8838

The Welfare Effects of Asset Means-Testing Income Support