IZA Discussion Paper Downloads

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	656100	1925	Eddy Lee, Marco Vivarelli	The Social Impact of Globalization in the Developing Countries (published in: International Labour Review, 2006, 145(3), 167-184)
2	540496	8129	John H. Pencavel	The Productivity of Working Hours (published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (589), 2052-2076)
3	456280	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	370854	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	236343	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)
6	222760	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.)
7	218938	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)
8	214834	12282	John Jerrim, Phil Parker, Nikki Shure	Bullshitters. Who Are They and What Do We Know about Their Lives?
9	186675	5381	Sonia R. Bhalotra, Tom Cochrane	Where Have All the Young Girls Gone? Identification of Sex Selection in India
10	180353	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 May 2025
Rank	Downloads	No.	Author(s)	Title
1	8459	5381	Sonia R. Bhalotra, Tom Cochrane	Where Have All the Young Girls Gone? Identification of Sex Selection in India
2	3804	8129	John H. Pencavel	The Productivity of Working Hours (published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (589), 2052-2076)
3	2386	12391	Andrea Ichino, Martin Olsson, Barbara Petrongolo, Peter Skogman Thoursie	Economic Incentives, Home Production and Gender Identity Norms (forthcoming in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024)
4	2250	16291	Stefan Bauernschuster, Matthias Blum, Erik Hornung, Christoph Koenig	The Political Effects of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Weimar Germany (published in: Explorations in Economic History, 2025, 96, 101648.)
5	1964	15057	Plamen Nikolov	Writing Tips for Economics Research Papers – 2021-2022 Edition (updated version of this IZA paper published as IZA DP No. 16276: Writing Tips for Crafting Effective Economics Research Papers – 2023-2024 Edition. Please use the updated paper URL.)
6	1918	13524	Damian Clarke, Kathya Tapia Schythe	Implementing the Panel Event Study (published in: Stata Journal, 2021, 21 (4), 853 - 884)
7	1905	10895	Sónia Félix, Pedro Portugal, Ana Tavares	Going after the Addiction, Not the Addicted: The Impact of Drug Decriminalization in Portugal
8	1892	14274	Stefani Milovanska-Farrington	The Effect of Child Benefits on Financial Difficulties and Spending Habits: Evidence from Poland's Family 500+ Program (published in: International Economics and Economic Policy, 2022, 19, 719 - 739)
9	1818	15907	Damian Clarke, Daniel Pailañir, Susan Athey, Guido W. Imbens	Synthetic Difference-in-Differences Estimation (published in: Stata Journal, 2024, 24 (4), 557-598)
10	1694	13923	Richard A. Easterlin, Kelsey J. O'Connor	The Easterlin Paradox (published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, first Online: 06 November 2022 (latest version))

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