IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5002

Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies

revised version published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin, and L. Woessmann (eds.), Handbook in Economics of Education, Vol. 3, North Holland: 2010, pp. 201-247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4985

Immigration Background and the Intergenerational Correlation in Education

Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Trong-Ha Nguyen

published in: Economic Record, 2012, 88 (283), D 554-575

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4980

The Evolution of Secularization: Cultural Transmission, Religion and Fertility Theory, Simulations and Evidence

Ronen Bar-El, Teresa García-Muñoz, Shoshana Neuman, Yossef Tobol

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (3), 1129-1174

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4978

Is Universal Child Care Leveling the Playing Field? Evidence from Non-Linear Difference-in-Differences

Tarjei Havnes, Magne Mogstad

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 127, 100–114

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4976

The Self-Employment of Immigrants and Natives in Sweden

Henrik Ohlsson, Per Broomé, Pieter Bevelander

published in: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 2012, 24 (5-6), 405-423

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4972

Did Employer Sanctions Lose Their Bite? Labor Market Effects of Immigrant Legalization

Magnus Lofstrom, Laura E. Hill, Joseph Hayes

revised version published as 'Wage and Mobility Effects of Legalization: Evidence from the New Immigrant Survey' in: Journal of Regional Science, 2013, 53 (1), 171–197

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4971

What Linear Estimators Miss: Re-Examining the Effects of Family Income on Child Outcomes

Katrine Vellesen Loken, Magne Mogstad, Matthew Wiswall

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (2), 1–35

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4961

Sexual Orientation and Household Savings: Do Homosexual Couples Save More?

Brighita Negrusa, Sonia Oreffice

published as 'Sexual orientation and household financial decisions: evidence from couples in the United States' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (4), 445-463

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4959

Female Labor Supply and Divorce: New Evidence from Ireland

Olivier Bargain, Libertad González, Claire Keane, Berkay Özcan

published in: European Economic Review, 2012, 56 (8), 1675–1691

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4945

Personality and Marital Surplus

Shelly Lundberg

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2012, 1:3

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4932

Infant Mortality and the Health of Survivors: Britain 1910-1950

Timothy J. Hatton

published as 'Infant mortality and the health of survivors: Britain, 1910–50' in: Economic History Review, 2011, 64 (3), 951-972

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4916

A Long-Run View of the University Gender Gap in Australia

Alison L. Booth, Hiau Joo Kee

published in: Australian Economic History Review, 2011, 51 (3), 254-276

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4912

What Determines Family Structure?

David M. Blau, Wilbert van der Klaauw

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51 (1), 579–604

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4910

Do Ethnic Minorities "Stretch" Their Time? Evidence from the UK Time Use Survey

Anzelika Zaiceva, Klaus F. Zimmermann

revised version published as "Do Ethnic Minorities 'Stretch' Their Time? UK Household Evidence on Multitasking" in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (2), 181-206

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4904

Egalitarian Religion and Economics

Carmel U. Chiswick

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4898

Border Enforcement and Selection of Mexican Immigrants in the United States

Fernando A. Lozano, Mary J. Lopez

published in: Feminist Economics, 2013, 19 (1), 76-110

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4892

Immigrants at New Destinations: How They Fare and Why

Anabela Carneiro, Natércia Fortuna, José Varejão

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25 (3), 1165-1185

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4888