Martin Halla

Research Fellow

University of Linz

martin.halla@jku.at

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Martin Halla is currently Full Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz, Austria; a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany; and a Permanent Scientific Consultant at the Austrian Public Health Institute in Vienna.

He studied economics at the JKU Linz. After receiving his doctorate, he was a visiting scholar at Stockholm University and the University of California, Berkeley. After his habilitation he was Full Professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the University of Innsbruck. In 2017, he returned to the JKU Linz, where he is now Head of the Institute of Economic Policy at the Department of Economics.

His research has been published in theAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics,欧洲经济协会杂志》上,European Economic Review,Journal of Health Economics,Journal of Human Resourcesamong others. He joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in May 2005 and became a Research Fellow in December 2011.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14886

Testing for Ethnic Discrimination in Outpatient Health Care: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Germany

Martin Halla, Christopher Kah,Rupert Sausgruber

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13987

Minimum Legal Drinking Age and the Social Gradient in Binge Drinking

Alexander Ahammer,Stefan Bauernschuster,Martin Halla, Hannah Lachenmaier

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 81, 102571

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13774

Health of Elderly Parents, Their Children's Labor Supply, and the Role of Migrant Care Workers

Wolfgang Frimmel,Martin Halla,Jörg Paetzold,Julia Schmieder

revision request by the Journal of Labor Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13395

The Intergenerational Transmission of Opioid Dependence: Evidence from Administrative Data

Alexander Ahammer,Martin Halla

published in: Health Economics, 2022, 31 (11), 2425-2444

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12066

The Effect of Superstition on Health: Evidence from the Taiwanese Ghost Month

Martin Halla, Chia-Lun Liu,Jin-Tan Liu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12031

On the Origin and Composition of the German East-West Population Gap

Christoph Eder,Martin Halla

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11752

Job Displacement, Family Dynamics and Spousal Labor Supply

Martin Halla,Julia Schmieder,Andrea Weber

revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020,12 (4), 253-87

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11690

Violent Conflict and the Child Quantity-Quality Tradeoff

Apsara Karki Nepal,Martin Halla,Steven Stillman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11394

The Effect of Prenatal Maternity Leave on Short and Long-Term Child Outcomes

Alexander Ahammer,Martin Halla,Nicole Schneeweis

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 70, 102250

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11199

Grandmothers' Labor Supply

Wolfgang Frimmel,Martin Halla,Bernhard Schmidpeter,Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

forthcoming in: Journal of Human Resources

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10969

Economic Origins of Cultural Norms: The Case of Animal Husbandry and Bastardy

Christoph Eder,Martin Halla

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2020, 125, 103421

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10812

Parental Leave, (In)formal Childcare and Long-term Child Outcomes

Natalia Danzer,Martin Halla,Nicole Schneeweis,Martina Zweimüller

revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57 (6) 1826-1884;

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10529

The Intergenerational Causal Effect of Tax Evasion: Evidence from the Commuter Tax Allowance in Austria

Wolfgang Frimmel,Martin Halla,Jörg Paetzold

revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17 (6), 1843-1880,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10095

The Long-lasting Shadow of the Allied Occupation of Austria on its Spatial Equilibrium

Christoph Eder,Martin Halla

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9928

How Does Parental Divorce Affect Children's Long-term Outcomes?

Wolfgang Frimmel,Martin Halla,Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9905

Cutting Fertility? The Effect of Cesarean Deliveries on Subsequent Fertility and Maternal Labor Supply

Martin Halla,Harald Mayr,Gerald J. Pruckner,Pilar Garcia-Gomez

forthcoming in: Journal of Health Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9303

The Cost-Effectiveness of Developmental Screenings: Evidence from a Nationwide Programme

Martin Halla,Gerald J. Pruckner,Thomas Schober

revised version published as 'The Cost-Effectiveness of Developmental Screenings: Evidence from a Nationwide Programme' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 49, 120 - 135

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9091

The Effect of Statutory Sick Pay Regulations on Workers' Health

Martin Halla,Susanne Pech,Martina Zweimüller

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8024

The Quantity and Quality of Children: A Semi-Parametric Bayesian IV Approach

Sylvia Frühwirth-Schnatter,Martin Halla,Alexandra Posekany,Gerald J. Pruckner,Thomas Schober

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7968

Parental Response to Early Human Capital Shocks: Evidence from the Chernobyl Accident

Martin Halla,Martina Zweimüller

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7210

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

Martin Halla,Mario Lackner,Johann Scharler