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365 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16367
When It Hurts the Most: Timing of Parental Job Loss and a Child's Education
Paul Bingley, Lorenzo Cappellari, Marco Ovidi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16347
Gender-Biased Technological Change: Milking Machines and the Exodus of Women from Farming
Philipp Ager, Marc Goñi, Kjell G. Salvanes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16280
(Breaking) Intergenerational Transmission of Mental Health
Aline Bütikofer, Rita Ginja, Krzysztof Karbownik, Fanny Landaud
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (S), S108-S151
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16273
Careers and Intergenerational Income Mobility
Catherine Haeck, Jean-William Laliberté
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2025, 17 (1), 431–458
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16223
The Rising Influence of Family Background on Early School Performance
Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 97, article 102491
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16194
The Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty in High-Income Countries
Zachary Parolin, Rafael Pintro Schmitt, Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Peter Fallesen
published online as 'Intergenerational persistence of poverty in five high-income countries' in: Nature Human Behaviour, 28 October 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16157
How Does the Beauty of Wives Affect Post-Marriage Family Outcomes? Helen's Face in Chinese Households
Junsen Zhang, Shulan Fei, Yanbing Wen
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 212, 122-137
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16152
Like Mother, like Child? The Rise of Women's Intergenerational Income Persistence in Sweden and the United States
Gunnar Brandén, Martin Nybom, Kelly Vosters
forthcoming in: Journal of Labor Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16117
Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages
Eric A. Hanushek, Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf Van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, Simon Wiederhold
this paper is an updated version of IZA DP No. 14854 (2021).
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16065
Unexpected Colonial Returns: Self-Selection and Economic Integration of Migrants over Multiple Generations
Anne C. Gielen, Dinand Webbink
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16038
Maximum Impact Intergenerational Associations
Sadegh S. M. Eshaghnia, James J. Heckman, Rasmus Landersø
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15945
Intergenerational and Sibling Spillovers in High School Majors
Gordon B. Dahl, Dan-Olof Rooth, Anders Stenberg
published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16 (3), 133–173
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15938
Intergenerational Persistence of Health: Evidence from India
Santosh Kumar, Bernard Nahlen
published in: Economics Letters, 2023, 224, ^p111023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15891
Activating the Long-Term Inactive: Labor Market and Mental Health Effects
Mareen Bastiaans, Robert Dur, Anne C. Gielen
published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 90, 102593
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15867
Dynastic Measures of Intergenerational Mobility
Olivier B. Bargain, Maria C. Lo Bue, Flaviana Palmisano
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15824
Skills, Parental Sorting, and Child Inequality
Martin Nybom, Erik Plug, Bas van der Klaauw, Lennart Ziegler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15770
Moving up the Social Ladder? Wages of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants from Developing Countries
Kevin Pineda-Hernández, François Rycx, Mélanie Volral
forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15630
The Timing of Parental Job Displacement, Child Development and Family Adjustment
Pedro Carneiro, Kjell G. Salvanes, Barton Willage, Alexander Willén
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15611
Intergenerational Mobility in the Land of Inequality
Diogo Britto, Alexandre Fonseca, Paolo Pinotti, Breno Sampaio, Lucas Warwar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15584
Choosing or Inheriting the Joneses: The Origins of Reference Groups
Martin Leites, Camila Paleo, Xavier Ramos, Gonzalo Salas
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