IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Attributable risk and economic cost of hospital admissions for mental disorders due to PM2.5 in Beijing' in: Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 718, 137274

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12978

Personal Belief Exemptions for School-Entry Vaccinations, Vaccination Rates, and Academic Achievement

Nicole L. Hair, Anja Gruber, Carly Urban

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 78, 102464

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12971

Long-Run Trends in the U.S. SES-Achievement Gap

Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, Laura M. Talpey, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2022, 17 (4), 608-640

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12965

Can Pollution Cause Poverty? The Effects of Pollution on Educational, Health and Economic Outcomes

Claudia L. Persico

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12949

Unintended Consequences: Can the Rise of the Educated Class Explain the Revival of Protectionism?

Paolo E. Giordani, Fabio Mariani

published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2022, 200, 105385.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12945

Self-Perceptions about Academic Achievement: Evidence from Mexico City

Matteo Bobba, Veronica Frisancho

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2022, 231 (1), 58 - 73

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12830

In Praise of Snapshots

Ravi Kanbur

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12826

Is 'First in Family' a Good Indicator for Widening University Participation?

Anna Adamecz, Morag Henderson, Nikki Shure

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2020, 78, 102038.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12824

Connecting Disadvantaged Communities to Work and Higher Education Opportunities: Evidence from Public Transportation Penetration to Arab Towns in Israel

Aamer Abu-Qarn, Shirlee Lichtman-Sadot

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12792

Parental Inputs and Socio-Economic Gaps in Early Child Development

Lindsey Macmillan, Emma Tominey

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36, 1513–1543

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12789

Ordinal Rank and Peer Composition: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

Marco Bertoni, Roberto Nistico

published as 'Ordinal rank and the structure of ability peer effects' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 217, 104797

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12788

Parental Job Loss and Children's Careers

Kristiina Huttunen, Krista Riukula

published in: Labour Economics. 2024, 90, 102578

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12750

Recruit to Reject? Harvard and African American Applicants

Peter Arcidiacono, Josh Kinsler, Tyler Ransom

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2022, 88, 102255

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12747

The Effects of the Vietnam Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction Program on Schooling

Marco Bertoni, Quynh Huynh, Lorenzo Rocco

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12745

Does Pollution Drive Achievement? The Effect of Traffic Pollution on Academic Performance

Jennifer A. Heissel, Claudia L. Persico, David Simon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12739

Advisor Value-Added and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Randomly Assigned College Advisors

Serena Canaan, Antoine Deeb, Pierre Mouganie

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2020, 14 (4), 151–191

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12735

Information Provision and Postgraduate Studies

Jan Berkes, Frauke Peter, C. Katharina Spieß, Felix Weinhardt

published in: Economica, 2022, 89 (355), 627-646.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12711

Attainment and Gender Equality in Higher Education: Evidence from a Large Scale Expansion

Asena Caner, Merve Demirel-Derebasoglu, Cagla Okten

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12708

'O Youth and Beauty:' Children's Looks and Children's Cognitive Development

Daniel S. Hamermesh, Rachel A. Gordon, Robert Crosnoe

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023, 212, 275–289

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12688

Scientifico! like Dad: On the Intergenerational Transmission of STEM Education in Italy

Diana Chise, Margherita Fort, Chiara Monfardini

revised version published as 'On the Intergenerational Transmission of STEM Education among Graduate Students' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2021, 21 (1), 115 - 145

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12671

Gender Bias in Intra-Household Allocation of Education in India: Has It Fallen over Time?

Sandip Datta, Geeta G. Kingdon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12634

Divergent: The Time Path of Legacy and Athlete Admissions at Harvard

Peter Arcidiacono, Josh Kinsler, Tyler Ransom

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (3). 653-683

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12633

Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard

Peter Arcidiacono, Josh Kinsler, Tyler Ransom

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, 40 (1), 133-156

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12608

Catching up Is Hard to Do: Undergraduate Prestige, Elite Graduate Programs, and the Earnings Premium

Joni Hersch

published in: Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2019, 10 (3), 503 - 553

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12588

'First in Family' University Graduates in England

Morag Henderson, Nikki Shure, Anna Adamecz

published in: Oxford Review of Education, 2020, 46 (6), 734-751

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12543

Instruction Time, Information, and Student Achievement: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Simon Calmar Andersen, Thorbjørn Sejr Guul, Maria Knoth Humlum

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12523

Active Choice Framing and Intergenerational Education Benefits: Evidence from the Field

Benjamin L. Castleman, Francis X. Murphy, Richard Patterson, William L. Skimmyhorn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12503

Girls' Comparative Advantage in Reading Can Largely Account for the Gender Gap in Math-Intensive Fields

Thomas Breda, Clotilde Napp

published in: PNAS, 2019, 116 (31), 15435-15440

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12491

Students are Almost as Effective as Professors in University Teaching

Jan Feld, Nicolás Salamanca, Ulf Zölitz

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 73, Article 101912

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12481

Dual-Credit Courses and the Road to College: Experimental Evidence from Tennessee

Steven W. Hemelt, Nathaniel L. Schwartz, Susan Dynarski

published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020, 39 (3), 686-719

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12455

High-Performing Peers and Female STEM Choices in School

Pierre Mouganie, Yaojing Wang

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, 38 (3), 805 - 841

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12436

Societal Inequalities Amplify Gender Gaps in Math

Thomas Breda, Elyès Jouini, Clotilde Napp

published in: Science Magazine, 2018, 359 (6381), 1219-1220

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12416

When Behavioral Barriers Are Too High or Low: How Timing Matters for Parenting Interventions

Kalena E. Cortes, Hans Fricke, Susanna Loeb, David S. Song, Ben York

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 92, 102352

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12415

Female Science Advisors and the STEM Gender Gap

Serena Canaan, Pierre Mouganie

published as 'The Impact of Advisor Gender on Female Students’ STEM Enrollment and Persistence' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (2), 593-632

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12396

Neighbourhood and School Poverty Simultaneously Predicting Educational Achievement, Taking into Account Timing and Duration of Exposure

Jaap Nieuwenhuis, Tom Kleinepier, Maarten van Ham

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12302

Like (Grand)Parent, like Child? Multigenerational Mobility across the EU

Marco Colagrossi, Beatrice d'Hombres, Sylke V. Schnepf

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2020, 130, 103600

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12300

Dynastic Human Capital, Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility

Adrian Adermon, Mikael Lindahl, Mårten Palme

published in: American Economic Review, 2021, 111 (5), 1523-48

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12282

Bullshitters. Who Are They and What Do We Know about Their Lives?

John Jerrim, Phil Parker, Nikki Shure

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12241

The Causal Effects of Adolescent School Bullying Victimisation on Later Life Outcomes

Emma Gorman, Colm P. Harmon, Silvia Mendolia, Anita Staneva, Ian Walker

published as 'Adolescent School Bullying Victimization and Later Life Outcomes' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 83 (4), 1048 - 1076

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12235

Refugees and 'Native Flight' from Public to Private Schools

Semih Tumen

published in: Economics Letters, 2019, 181, 154-159

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12202

Peer Diversity, College Performance and Educational Choices

Arnaud Chevalier, Ingo E. Isphording, Elena Lisauskaite

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 64, 101833

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12118

Selection and Educational Attainment: Why Some Children Are Left Behind? Evidence from a Middle-Income Country

Luciana Méndez-Errico, Xavier Ramos

published in: Education Economics, 2022, 30 (6), 624-643

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12107

Wealth Gradients in Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Five Latin American Countries

Norbert Schady, Jere R. Behrman, Maria Caridad Araujo, Rodrigo Azuero, Raquel Bernal, David Bravo, Florencia López Bóo, Karen Macours, Daniela Marshall, Christina Paxson, Renos Vakis

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50 (2), 446 - 463

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12088

Schooling Forsaken: Education and Migration

Ilhom Abdulloev, Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12053

University Tuition Fees and High School Students' Educational Intentions

Michael Bahrs, Thomas Siedler

published in: Fiscal Studies, 2019, 40 (2), 117-147

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12046

The Race between Demand and Supply: Tinbergen's Pioneering Studies of Earnings Inequality

James J. Heckman

published in: De economist, 2019, 167, 243–258

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12044

Decomposing Real Wage Changes in the United States

Iván Fernández-Val, Aico van Vuuren, Francis Vella

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12041

Average Gaps and Oaxaca's Blinder Decompositions: A Cautionary Tale about Regression Estimates of Racial Differences in Labor Market Outcomes

Tymon Sloczynski

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2020, 73 3), 705–729

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12033

International Mobility of Students in Italy and the UK: Does It Pay off and for Whom?

Sylke V. Schnepf, Beatrice d'Hombres

revised version published in: Higher Education 2021, 82, 1173-1194.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11981

Revealing Stereotypes: Evidence from Immigrants in Schools

Alberto Alesina, Michela Carlana, Eliana La Ferrara, Paolo Pinotti

published in: American Economic Review, 2024, 114 (7), 1915 - 1948

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11975

Are Professors Worth It? The Value-added and Costs of Tutorial Instructors

Jan Feld, Nicolás Salamanca, Ulf Zölitz

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2020, 55 (3), 836-863

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11921

Smog, Cognition and Real-World Decision Making

Xi Chen

published in: International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2019, 8 (2), 76 - 80

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11914

An Introduction to Nonparametric Regression for Labor Economists

Daniel J. Henderson, Anne-Charlotte Souto

published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2018, 39, 355-382

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11910

Does the Girl Next Door Affect Your Academic Outcomes and Career Choices?

Sofoklis Goulas, Rigissa Megalokonomou, Yi Zhang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11909

Race-Blind Admissions, School Segregation, and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Race-Blind Magnet School Lotteries

Jason B. Cook

published as 'Race-blind admissions, school segregation, and student outcomes' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2024, 239, 105237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11843

The Gender Gap in Attitudes and Test Scores: A New Construct of the Mathematical Capability

Maria Laura Di Tommaso, Anna Maccagnan, Silvia Mendolia

published as 'Going Beyond Test Scores: The Gender Gap in Italian Children's Mathematical Capability' in: Feminist Economics, 2021, 27 (3), 161-187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11842

The Role of Parental Wealth and Income in Financing Children's College Attendance and Its Consequences

V. Joseph Hotz, Emily Wiemers, Joshua Rasmussen, Kate Maxwell Koegel

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (6), 1850-1880

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11795

The Effects of Education on Health: An Intergenerational Perspective

Mathias Huebener

published online in: Journal of Human Resources, 10 November 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11788

The Impact of Employment Protection on the Industrial Wage Structure

John S. Heywood, Mary O'Mahony, W. Stanley Siebert, Ana Rincon-Aznar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11732

Students' Behavioural Responses to a Fallback Option: Evidence from Introducing Interim Degrees in German Schools

Natalie Obergruber, Larissa Zierow

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2020, 75, 101956

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11730

Educational Inequality and Public Policy Preferences: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 188, 104226

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11709

Disease Control and Inequality Reduction: Evidence from a Tuberculosis Testing and Vaccination Campaign

Aline Bütikofer, Kjell G. Salvanes

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87 (5), 2087–2125

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11684

The Golden Middle Class Neighborhood: Trends in Residential Segregation and Consequences for Offspring Outcomes

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

revised version published as 'Are Richer Neighborhoods Always Better for the Kids?' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2023, 23 (3), 629–651

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11678

Motivated to Succeed? Attitudes to Education among Native and Immigrant Pupils in England

Simon Burgess, Gabriel Heller-Sahlgren

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11669

Too Little or Too Much? Actionable Advice in an Early-Childhood Text Messaging Experiment

Kalena E. Cortes, Hans Fricke, Susanna Loeb, David S. Song

published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2021, 16 (2), 209-232

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11659

Implicit Stereotypes: Evidence from Teachers' Gender Bias

Michela Carlana

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2019, 134 (3), 1163–1224,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11630

Childhood Health Shocks, Comparative Advantage, and Long-Term Outcomes: Evidence from the Last Danish Polio Epidemic

Miriam Gensowski, Torben Heien Nielsen, Nete Munk Nielsen, Maya Rossin-Slater, Miriam Wüst

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 66, 27 - 36

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11625

Testing a Social Innovation in Financial Aid for Low-Income Students: Experimental Evidence from Italy

Davide Azzolini, Alberto Martini, Enrico Rettore, Barbara Romano, Antonio Schizzerotto, Loris Vergolini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11624

Marathon, Hurdling or Sprint? The Effects of Exam Scheduling on Academic Performance

Sofoklis Goulas, Rigissa Megalokonomou

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2020, 20 (2), 20190177.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11607

Maternal Education, Parental Investment and Non-Cognitive Characteristics in Rural China

Jessica Leight, Elaine M. Liu

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, 69 (1), 213–251

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11605

Education, Intelligence and Diseases in Old Age

Gianmaria Niccodemi, Govert Bijwaard

published in: European Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 25, 333-361

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11604

The Effect of Grade Retention on Secondary School Performance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Maria Ferreira Sequeda, Bart H.H. Golsteyn, Sergio Parra-Cely

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11602

The Risks and Benefits of School Integration for Participating Students: Evidence from a Randomized Desegregation Program

Peter Bergman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11591

The Impact of Mental Problems on Mortality and How It Is Moderated by Education

Govert Bijwaard, Mikko Myrskylä, Per Tynelius

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11573

Education Expansion, Assortative Marriage, and Income Inequality in China

Haifeng Nie, Chunbing Xing

published in: China Economic Review, 2019, 55, 37 - 51

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11572

Marital Patterns and Income Inequality

Arnaud Dupuy, Simon Weber

published in: Economica, 2022, 89, 29-43

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11561

Are Estimates of Intergenerational Mobility Biased by Non-Response? Evidence from the Netherlands

Bart H.H. Golsteyn, Stefa Hirsch

published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2019, 52 (1), 29-63

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11515

Financial Education for the Disadvantaged? A Review

Horst Entorf, Jia Hou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11476

Entry Through the Narrow Door: The Costs of Just Failing High Stakes Exams

Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally, Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 190, 104224

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11453

Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Economica, 2021, 88(351), 624-670

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11432

Teacher Performance Pay in the United States: Incidence and Adult Outcomes

Timothy N. Bond, Kevin J. Mumford

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11420

Minimum Age Requirements and the Impact of School Choice

Julio Cáceres-Delpiano, Eugenio Giolito

published as 'Minimum age requirements and the role of the school choice set ' in: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 2022, 14, 63 - 103

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11353

The Causal Effect of Education on Chronic Health Conditions

Katharina Janke, David W. Johnston, Carol Propper, Michael A. Shields

published as 'The causal effect of education on chronic health conditions in the UK' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 70, 102252

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11324

Upward Income Mobility and Legislator Support for Education Policies

Luna Bellani, Vigile Marie Fabella

revised version published as 'Social mobility and education policy: a district-level analysis of legislative behavior' in Socio-Economic Review, 2024, 22 (2), 533 - 571

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11281

The Economic Effects of Providing Legal Status to DREAMers

Francesc Ortega, Ryan Edwards, Amy Hsin

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2019, 9:2.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11275

Insurance, Redistribution, and the Inequality of Lifetime Income

Peter Haan, Daniel Kemptner, Victoria L. Prowse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11260

Explaining the Gender Test Score Gap in Mathematics: The Role of Gender Inequality

Z. Eylem Gevrek, Christian Neumeier, Deniz Gevrek

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2020, 76 (3), 1-31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11217