IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3707

The Elite and the Marginalised: An Analysis of Public Spending on Mass Education in the Indian States

revised version published as 'Poverty, Elite Heterogeneity, and the Allocation of Public Spending: Panel Evidence from the Indian States' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58 (1), 51–78

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3704

Intrafamily Resource Allocations: A Dynamic Model of Birth Weight

Emilia Del Bono, John Ermisch, Marco Francesconi

revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2012, 30 (3), 657-706

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3694

Preferences for Childcare Policies: Theory and Evidence

Rainald Borck, Katharina Wrohlich

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2011, 27 (3), 436-454

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3692

Initial Risk Matrix, Home Resources, Ability Development and Children's Achievement

Dorothea Blomeyer, Katja Coneus, Manfred Laucht, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7 (2-3), 638 - 648

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3672

Workplace, Human Capital and Ethnic Determinants of Sickness Absence in Sweden, 1993–2001

Tommy Bengtsson, Kirk Scott

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3670

Effects of Low-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Natives: Evidence from Hurricane Mitch

Adriana Kugler, Mutlu Yuksel

published in: David Leal and Stephen Trejo (eds.), Latinos and the U.S. Economy: A Labor Economics Perspective, Springer, 2011.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3662

New Evidence on the Motherhood Wage Gap

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Jean Kimmel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3654

Economic Growth and Subjective Well-Being: Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox

Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers

published in: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2008, 1, 1-87

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. 3651

Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores

Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes

published in: Economics Letters, 2009, 105 (1), 138-140

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3650

Attitudes towards Immigrants, Other Integration Barriers, and Their Veracity

Amelie F. Constant, Martin Kahanec, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1-2), 5-14

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. 3644

Businesswomen in Germany and Their Performance by Ethnicity: It Pays to Be Self-Employed

Amelie F. Constant

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1-2), 145-162

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. 3624

Happiness Inequality in the United States

Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers

published in: Journal of Legal Studies, 2008, 37 (s2), S33-S79