New Discussion Papers from the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Weight Gain in Adolescents and Their Peers
Timothy Halliday, Sally Kwak
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Does the Color of the Collar Matter? Firm Specific Human Capital and Post-Displacement Outcomes
Guido Schwerdt, Andrea Ichino, Oliver Ruf, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, Josef Zweimüller
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The Economic Growth Impact of Hurricanes: Evidence from US Coastal Counties
Eric Strobl
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Regional Price Differences in Urban China 1986-2001: Estimation and Implication
Cathy Honge Gong, Xin Meng
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Preparing for Policy Changes: Social Security Expectations and Pension Scheme Participation
Karen M. van der Wiel
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Happiness Inequality in the United States
Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers
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Information and Beliefs in a Repeated Normal-Form Game
Dietmar Fehr, Dorothea Kübler, David N. Danz
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Long-Term Economic Consequences of Vietnam-Era Conscription: Schooling, Experience and Earnings
Joshua Angrist, Stacey Chen..
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The Causal Effect of Parent’s Schooling on Children’s Schooling: A Comparison of Estimation Methods
Helena Holmlund, Mikael Lindahl, Erik Plug
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Living’ Wage, Class Conflict and Ethnic Strife
Indraneel Dasgupta
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Minimizing Bias in Selection on Observables Estimators When Unconfoundness Fails
Daniel L. Millimet, Rusty Tchernis
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