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The following is a list of the Top 10 paper downloads since April 2002 (the first month for which data are available).
See also the other Top 10 lists for IZA papers at SSRN and RePEc.

Please note that due to technical problems the download records are incomplete for August and December 2014.
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All-Time Top 10 Downloads
Rank Downloads No. Author(s) Title
1 664269 1925 Eddy Lee,
Marco Vivarelli 		The Social Impact of Globalization in the Developing Countries
(published in: International Labour Review, 2006, 145(3), 167-184)
1 0 18516 Attila Lindner,
Balázs Muraközy,
Balázs Reizer,
Ragnhild Camilla Schreiner 		Firm-Level Technological Change and Skill Demand
1 0 18517 Bernd Irlenbusch,
Holger A. Rau,
Rainer Michael Rilke 		Human–AI Evaluation and Gender Transparency: Application Decisions in Competitive Hiring
1 0 18518 Luis Ortiz-Gervasi,
Seamus McGuinness,
Benedetta Nussio 		Education as a Shield Against the Adverse Shock of Motherhood: Gender, Parenthood and Overeducation Among Highly and Mid-Educated British Workers
1 0 18519 Gastón P. Fernández,
Mariia Kovaleva 		Personality and the Dynamics of Marriage: A Structural Interpretation
1 0 18520 Gema Zamarro,
Andrew Camp,
Josh McGee,
Taylor Wilson,
Miranda Vernon 		Raising the Floor: Teacher Retention Effects of a Statewide Minimum Salary Increase
1 0 18521 Alexander Bick,
Adam Blandin,
David Deming,
Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln,
Jonas Jessen 		Mind the Gap: AI Adoption in Europe and the US
1 0 18522 Stefani Milovanska-Farrington,
Caleb Tomberlin 		AI-Enhanced Test Preparation and Student Performance: Evidence from an Introductory Economics Class
1 0 18523 Al Mansor Helal,
Ryotaro Hiraki,
Harry Anthony Patrinos 		Returns to Education in the United States: A Comparison of OLS and Double Machine Learning Methods
1 0 18524 Jorge Garcia-Hombrados,
Daniel Pérez-Parra,
Ricardo Ciacci 		Shifting the Value of Norms: Fast Internet, Premarital Sex and the Erosion of Female Genital Cutting
1 0 18525 Ana Petrovi?,
Maarten van Ham,
David Manley,
Tiit Tammaru 		A Comparative, Multiscalar, and Multidimensional Study of Residential Segregation in Seven European Capital Cities
1 0 18526 Lisa Capretti,
Francesca Centofanti,
Alessio Farcomeni,
Furio C. Rosati 		Where You Arrive Matters: Local Conditions and Migration Duration. Evidence from Italian Registry Data
1 0 18527 Augusto Cerqua,
Samuel Nocito,
Gabriele Pinto 		Pay Incentives to Run for Local Governments
1 0 18528 Emma Harrington,
Hannah Shaffer 		Learning About Police Bias: Prosecutors and Police Before and After Body-Worn Cameras
1 0 18529 Yana Gallen,
Juanna Schrřter Joensen,
Eva Rye Johansen,
Gregory Veramendi 		The Labor Market Returns to Delaying Pregnancy
1 0 18530 Davide Malacrino,
Samuel Nocito,
Raffaele Saggio 		Do Reforms Aimed at Reducing Time to Graduation Work? Evidence from the Italian Higher Education System
1 0 18531 Stephanie Coffey,
Joshua Goodman,
Amy Ellen Schwartz,
Leanna Stiefel,
Marcus A. Winters,
Yunee H. Yoon 		Special Education Substantially Improves Learning: Evidence from Three States
1 0 18532 Robert Mahlstedt,
Sonja Settele,
Johannes Wohlfart 		Unemployment Narratives
1 0 18533 Nicola Fontana,
Tommaso Nannicini,
James M Snyder 		Goodbye, Montesquieu: Executive Spillovers in Judicial Elections
1 0 18534 Andrea Mattozzi,
Samuel Nocito,
Francesco Sobbrio 		Fact-Checking Politicians
1 0 18535 Britta Hecker,
Nikki Shure,
Ipek Yükselen 		Mind the Confidence Gap: Gender, Domain-Specific Self?Beliefs, and STEM Pathways
1 0 18536 Alberto Prati,
Claudia Senik 		Is It Possible to Raise National Happiness?
1 0 18537 Lukas Hensel,
Girum Abebe,
Francois Gerard,
Stefano Caria 		Mitigating the Consequences of Job Loss in Lower-Income Countries: Evidence from Ethiopia
1 0 18538 Manuela Angelucci,
Raissa Fabregas,
Antonia Vazquez 		The Well-Being Effects of Digital Mental Health Care
1 0 18539 Pawel Adrjan,
Jonas Jessen,
Carlos Victoria Lanzón 		Restricting Temporary Contracts Increases Firm-Provided Training: Evidence from Spain
1 0 18540 Alex Bryson,
Antti Kauhanen,
Petri Rouvinen 		AI and Worker Well-Being: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Study
2 585203 8129 John H. Pencavel The Productivity of Working Hours
(published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (589), 2052-2076)
3 470317 4934 Sher Verick,
Iyanatul Islam 		The Great Recession of 2008-2009: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses
(published in: Iyanatul Islam and Sher Verick (eds.), From the Great Recession to Labour Market Recovery: Issues, Evidence and Policy Options, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; ILO/Palgrave Macmillan, 2010)
4 378709 13670 Dhaval M. Dave,
Andrew I. Friedson,
Drew McNichols,
Joseph J. Sabia 		The Contagion Externality of a Superspreading Event: The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and COVID-19
5 272386 5381 Sonia R. Bhalotra,
Tom Cochrane 		Where Have All the Young Girls Gone? Identification of Sex Selection in India
6 250121 1588 Marco Caliendo,
Sabine Kopeinig 		Some Practical Guidance for the Implementation of Propensity Score Matching
(published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2008, 22(1), 31-72)
7 224373 5151 Peng Sun,
Almas Heshmati 		International Trade and its Effects on Economic Growth in China
(published in: China Economic Policy Review, 2012, 1(2), 35-60.)
8 223394 13319 Timo Mitze,
Reinhold Kosfeld,
Johannes Rode,
Klaus Wälde 		Face Masks Considerably Reduce COVID-19 Cases in Germany: A Synthetic Control Method Approach
(published in: PNAS, 2020, 117 (5), 32293-32301)
9 219113 12282 John Jerrim,
Phil Parker,
Nikki Shure 		Bullshitters. Who Are They and What Do We Know about Their Lives?
10 187682 9656 Francine D. Blau,
Lawrence M. Kahn 		The Gender Wage Gap: Extent, Trends, and Explanations
(published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2017, 55(3), 789-865)
 

These are the statistics for last month:

Top Downloads for December 2009
Rank Downloads No. Author(s) Title
1 1108 3216 James J. Heckman,
Paul A. LaFontaine 		The American High School Graduation Rate: Trends and Levels
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 92 (2), 244-262)
2 947 1376 Pedro S. Martins Rent Sharing Before and After the Wage Bill
(published in: Applied Economics, 2009, 41(17), 2133-2151)
3 943 1380 Deborah A. Cobb-Clark Selection Policy and the Labour Market Outcomes of New Immigrants
(published in: D.A. Cobb-Clark and S. Khoo (eds.), Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement, Edward Elgar 2006)
4 845 1925 Eddy Lee,
Marco Vivarelli 		The Social Impact of Globalization in the Developing Countries
(published in: International Labour Review, 2006, 145(3), 167-184)
5 669 4594 Pierre-André Chiappori,
Sonia Oreffice,
Climent Quintana-Domeque 		Fatter Attraction: Anthropometric and Socioeconomic Characteristics in the Marriage Market
(revised version published as 'Fatter Attraction: Anthropometric and Socioeconomic Matching on the Marriage Market' in: Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 120 (4), 659-695. )
6 596 1422 Simon Commander,
Rupa Chanda,
Mari Kangasniemi,
L. Alan Winters 		Must Skilled Migration Be a Brain Drain? Evidence from the Indian Software Industry
(published in: World Economy, 2008, 31 (2), 187-211)
7 584 1421 David Card,
Sara de la Rica 		The Effect of Firm-Level Contracts on the Structure of Wages: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 59 (4), 573-592)
8 573 1414 Joachim Wagner,
John T. Addison,
Claus Schnabel,
Thorsten Schank 		Works Councils, Labor Productivity and Plant Heterogeneity: Evidence from Quantile Regressions
(published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik , 2006, 226 (5), 505-518)
9 526 1420 Hilmar Schneider,
Arne Uhlendorff 		The Transition from Welfare to Work and the Role of Potential Labor Income
(published in: Journal of Applied Social Sciences Studies, 2005, 125 (1), 51-61)
10 483 4567 Nicola Lacetera,
Mario Macis,
Robert Slonim 		Will There Be Blood? Incentives and Substitution Effects in Pro-social Behavior
(published as 'Will There be Blood? Incentives and Displacement Effects in Pro-Social Behavior' in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012, 4 (1), 186-223 )
 

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