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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 663369 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 18380 Daniel Da Mata,
Mario Dotta,
Edson Severnini 		Industrial Activity, State Capacity, and Deforestation: Evidence from Brazil
1 0 18381 Ruchir Agarwal,
Patrick Gaule 		Developing Math Talent Worldwide: Evidence from a Global RCT
1 0 18382 Joan Costa-Font,
Mario Gyori,
Belen Saenz de Miera Juarez 		Ex-Ante Moral Hazard? Overweight and Health Insurance Expansion in Mexico
1 0 18383 Martijn J. Burger,
Sarah Courchesne,
Talita Greyling,
Kelsey J. O'Connor,
Stephanie Rossouw,
Francesco Sarracino,
Ruut Veenhoven 		Using Subjective Well-Being as a Headline Indicator in Dashboards to Track Human Progress
1 0 18384 Peng Nie,
Sonja Spitzer,
Alfonso Sousa-Poza 		Health Perception Biases and Healthcare Utilization in China: A Longitudinal Approach
1 0 18385 Mara Barschkett,
Julie Tréguier 		Spousal Death, Mental Health and Survivor Benefits
1 0 18386 Ezra Golberstein,
Daniel Guth,
David Slusky 		Political Stressors and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
1 0 18387 Marcelo Bergolo,
Martin Leites,
Ricardo Perez-Truglia,
Matías Strehl-Pessina 		What Makes a Tax Evader?
1 0 18388 Kevin Pineda-Hernández,
François Rycx,
Mélanie Volral,
Alexandre Waroquier 		Do Firms Share their Profits Equally with Women and Men? The Role of Human Capital, Managerial Positions and Unions
1 0 18389 Robert A. Hart,
Carl Singleton 		The Hidden Effects of Company Strikes: Workers Made Idle in UK Engineering and Metalworking from 1920 to 1970
1 0 18390 Anne Katrine Borgbjerg,
Hans Schytte Sigaard,
Michael Svarer,
Rune Majlund Vejlin 		Delayed Retirement: Effects on Health and Healthcare Utilization
1 0 18391 Riaan Rossouw,
Martin Cameron,
Wim Naudé 		Beyond Retaliation: South Africa Can Effectively Counter Trump's Trade Shocks
1 0 18392 Scott Abrahams,
Luca Flabbi,
James Mabli 		Labor Market Dynamics and Public Assistance Programs: Evidence from an Estimated Model of SNAP Participation.
1 0 18393 Maria Alejandra Cattaneo,
Stefan C. Wolter,
Thea Zöllner 		Paying for Peers? Parental Willingness to Pay for School Composition and Quality in Switzerland
1 0 18394 Carmen Aina,
Lavinia Parisi,
Matteo Picchio 		Burning Rage: How Heat Shapes Gender-Based Violence
1 0 18395 Nicolau Martin-Bassols,
Pietro Biroli,
Elisabetta De Cao,
Massimo Anelli,
Stephanie von Hinke,
Silvia Mendolia 		Tracing the Genetic Footprints of the UK National Health Service
1 0 18396 Kadir Atalay,
Anita Staneva,
Rong Zhu 		Integration or Isolation? The Impact of Retirement on Social Capital
1 0 18397 Mariana Laverde,
Elton Mykerezi,
Aaron Sojourner,
Aradhya Sood 		Match Effects and the Gains from Alternative Job Assignments: Evidence from a Teacher Labor Market
1 0 18398 Markus Nagler,
Erwin Winkler 		Minimum Wages and Work Pressure
1 0 18399 Matteo Picchio,
Raffaella Santolini 		Female Political Leaders and Public Funding Attraction: Evidence from Italian Municipalities
2 578500 8129 John H. Pencavel The Productivity of Working Hours
(published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (589), 2052-2076)
3 468468 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 377601 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 259348 5381 Sonia R. Bhalotra,
Tom Cochrane 		Where Have All the Young Girls Gone? Identification of Sex Selection in India
6 247311 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 224038 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 222445 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 218484 12282 John Jerrim,
Phil Parker,
Nikki Shure 		Bullshitters. Who Are They and What Do We Know about Their Lives?
10 186477 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 April 2011
Rank Downloads No. Author(s) Title
1 2576 5600 Daniel S. Hamermesh,
Jason Abrevaya 		"Beauty Is the Promise of Happiness"?
(published in: European Economic Review, 2013, 64, 351-368)
2 1326 1925 Eddy Lee,
Marco Vivarelli 		The Social Impact of Globalization in the Developing Countries
(published in: International Labour Review, 2006, 145(3), 167-184)
3 1141 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 1090 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)
5 1054 5500 Mathilde Almlund,
Angela Lee Duckworth,
James J. Heckman,
Tim Kautz 		Personality Psychology and Economics
(published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin and S. Woessman (eds). Handbook of the Economics of Education, Amsterdam: Elsevier. 2011)
6 626 5648 Redzo Mujcic,
Paul Frijters 		Altruism in Society: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Involving Commuters
7 486 5495 James J. Heckman The American Family in Black and White: A Post-Racial Strategy for Improving Skills to Promote Equality
(published in: Daedalus, 2011, 140 (2): 70-89)
8 452 4819 Miles Corak,
Patrizio Piraino 		The Intergenerational Transmission of Employers
(slightly revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2011, 29 (1), 37-68)
9 369 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)
10 365 5550 Alain Cohn,
Ernst Fehr,
Benedikt Herrmann,
Frédéric Schneider 		Social Comparison in the Workplace: Evidence from a Field Experiment
(revised version published as 'Social Comparison an Effort Provision' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2014, 12 (4), 877-898)
 

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