IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7213

The Demand for Cigarettes as Derived from the Demand for Weight Control

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7210

Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family? Evidence from OECD Member Countries

Martin Halla, Mario Lackner, Johann Scharler

revised version published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118 (2), 292 - 323

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7204

UK Households' Carbon Footprint: A Comparison of the Association between Household Characteristics and Emissions from Home Energy, Transport and Other Goods and Services

Milena Buechs, Sylke V. Schnepf

revised version published as 'Who emits most? An analysis of UK households' CO2 emissions and their association with socio-economic factors' in: Ecological Economics, 2013, 90, 114-123

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7190

Partisan Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1979-2007

Olivier Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version published as 'Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the United States, 1979–2007' in: Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53 (2), 1061-1085

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7184

Views among Economists: Professional Consensus or Point-Counterpoint?

Roger Gordon, Gordon B. Dahl

published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2013, 103 (3), 629-635

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7169

Meet the Press: How Voters and Politicians Respond to Newspaper Entry and Exit

Francesco Drago, Tommaso Nannicini, Francesco Sobbrio

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2014, 6 (3), 159-188

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7152

Does the Military Train Men to Be Violent Criminals? New Evidence from Australia's Conscription Lotteries

Peter Siminski, Simon Ville, Alexander Paull

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7150

The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States

David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson

published in: American Economic Review, 2013, 103 (6), 2121-68

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7148

Charitable Giving as a Signal of Trustworthiness: Disentangling the Signaling Benefits of Altruistic Acts

Sebastian Fehrler, Wojtek Przepiorka

published in: Evolution and Human Behavior, 2013, 34, 139-145

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7144

Population Ageing and PAYG Pensions in the OLG Model

Giam Pietro Cipriani

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2014, 27 (1), 251-256

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7137

Getting Disabled Workers Back to Work: How Important Are Economic Incentives?

Elisabeth Fevang, Inés Hardoy, Knut Røed

revised version published as: 'Temporary disability and economic incentives' in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (603), 1410–1432.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7127

Incidence of a "Social VAT" Reform: A French Scenario

Therese Rebiere

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7122

The Changing of the Guards: Can Physicians Contain Social Insurance Costs?

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed, Ole J. Røgeberg

revised version published as 'The Changing of the Guards: Can Family Doctors Contain Worker Absenteeism?' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32 (6), 1230–1239

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7084

In-Work Benefits and the Nordic Model

Ann-Sofie Kolm, Mirco Tonin

published as 'Benefits Conditional on Work and the Nordic Model' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 127, 115–126

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7076

Fiscal Decentralisation, Local Institutions and Public Goods Provision: Evidence from Indonesia

Sarmistha Pal, Zaki Wahhaj

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45 (2), 383-409

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7058

Working for a Good Cause

Robert Dur, Robin Zoutenbier

published in: Public Administration Review, 2014, 74(2), 144-155