IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3678

Culture and Human Capital Investments: Evidence of an Unconditional Cash Transfer Program in Bolivia

Monica Yanez-Pagans

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3664

School Nutrition Programs and the Incidence of Childhood Obesity

Daniel L. Millimet, Rusty Tchernis, Muna Husain

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45 (3), 640-654

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3652

The In-Hospital Mortality Rates of Slaves and Freemen: Evidence from Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855–1860

Jonathan B. Pritchett, Myeong-Su Yun

published in: Explorations in Economic History, 2009, 46 (2), 241-252

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3646

The Role of Childhood Health for the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from Administrative Data

Martin Salm, Daniel Schunk

revised version published as 'The Relationship between Child Health, Developmental Gaps, and Parental Education: Evidence from Administrative Data' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10 (6), 1425-1449

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3635

Being Born Under Adverse Economic Conditions Leads to a Higher Cardiovascular Mortality Rate Later in Life: Evidence Based on Individuals Born at Different Stages of the Business Cycle

Gerard J. van den Berg, Gabriele Doblhammer, Kaare Christensen

published in: Demography, 48(2) 2011, 507-530

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3610

Weight Gain in Adolescents and Their Peers

Timothy J. Halliday, Sally Kwak

published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2010, 7 (2), 246-262

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3580

Blood Donations and Incentives: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Lorenz Götte, Alois Stutzer

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2020, 170, 52-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3567

Family Migration: A Vehicle of Child Morbidity in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi City, Kenya?

Adama Konseiga

published in: A. de Sherbinin, Rahman, A. Barbieri, J.C. Fotso, Y. Zhu (eds.), Urban Population-Development-Environment Dynamics in the Developing World: Case Studies and Lessons Learned. Paris: CICRED 2009

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3559

Long-Run Labour Market Effects of Individual Sports Activities

Michael Lechner

published as 'Long-run labour market and health effects of individual sports activities' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28 (4), 839 - 854

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3548

Education, Information, and Improved Health: Evidence from Breast Cancer Screening

Keith Chen, Fabian Lange

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (1), 43-54

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3535

Intergenerational Transmission of Healthy Eating Behaviour and the Role of Household Income

Alison Goode, Kostas Mavromaras, Murray Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3529

The Rise in Obesity across the Atlantic: An Economic Perspective

Giorgio Brunello, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano

published in: Economic Policy, 2009, 24 (59), 551-596

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3496

The Effects of Health and Health Shocks on Hours Worked

Lixin Cai, Kostas Mavromaras, Umut Oguzoglu

published in: Health Economics, 2014, 23(5), 516-528

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3463

Heterogeneity, State Dependence and Health

Timothy J. Halliday

published in: Econometrics Journal, 2008, 11(3), 499-516

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3422

Wage Effects of Recruitment Methods: The Case of the Italian Social Service Sector

Michele Mosca, Francesco Pastore

published in: Sergio Destefanis and Marco Musella (eds.), Paid and Unpaid Labour in Social Utility Services, Heidelberg: Physica Verlag, 2009

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3412

Tobacco and Alcohol: Complements or Substitutes? A Structural Model Approach

Harald Tauchmann, Silja Göhlmann, Till Requate, Christoph M. Schmidt

published online as 'Tobacco and Alcohol: Complements or Substitutes? A Structural Model Approach to Insufficient Price Variation in Individual-Level Data' in: Empirical Economics, 2013, 45(1), 539-566

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3399

The Health Returns to Education: What Can We Learn from Twins?

Petter Lundborg

published as 'The health returns to schooling—what can we learn from twins?' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 673-701

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3335

What Is a Peer? The Role of Network Definitions in Estimation of Endogenous Peer Effects

Timothy J. Halliday, Sally Kwak

published in: Applied Economics, 2012, 44 (3), 289 - 302

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3329

The Impact of Income Shocks on Health: Evidence from Cohort Data

Jérôme Adda, James Banks, Hans-Martin von Gaudecker

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7 (6), 1361 - 1399