IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1500

Does Teacher Testing Raise Teacher Quality? Evidence from State Certification Requirements

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27 (5), 483-503

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1488

Socio-Economic Status, Health Shocks, Life Satisfaction and Mortality: Evidence from an Increasing Mixed Proportional Hazard Model

Paul Frijters, John P. Haisken-DeNew, Michael A. Shields

revised version published as 'The Increasingly Mixed Proportional Hazard Model: An Application to Socioeconomic Status, Health Shocks, and Mortality' in: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2011, 29 (2), 271-281

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1481

Schooling and the AFQT: Evidence from School Entry Laws

Elizabeth U. Cascio, Ethan Gatewood Lewis

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2006, 41(2), 294-318

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1478

Education, Redistributive Taxation and Confidence

Kai A. Konrad, Amedeo Spadaro

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90(1-2), 171-188

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1456

An Economic Perspective on Religious Education: Complements and Substitutes in a Human Capital Portfolio

Carmel U. Chiswick

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2006, 24, 449-467

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1453

Labor Market Discrimination and Racial Differences in Premarket Factors

Pedro Carneiro, James J. Heckman, Dimitriy V. Masterov

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2006, 48(1), 1-39

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1444

Skill Policies for Scotland

James J. Heckman, Dimitriy V. Masterov

published in: D. Coyle, W. Alexander and B. Ashcroft, eds., New Wealth for Old Nations: Scotland's Economic Prospects, Princeton University Press: 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1433

Unilingual Versus Bilingual Education System: A Political Economy Analysis

Javier Ortega, Thomas P. Tangerås

revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6(5), 1078-1108

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1416

Fast Times at Ridgemont High? The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births

Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes

published as 'Staying in the Classroom and out of the maternity ward? The effect of compulsory schooling laws on teenage births' in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (530), 1025–1054

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1416

Fast Times at Ridgemont High? The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births

Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes

published as 'Staying in the Classroom and out of the maternity ward? The effect of compulsory schooling laws on teenage births' in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (530), 1025–1054

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1412

Incentives and Effort in the Public Sector: Have U.S. Education Reforms Increased Teachers’ Work Hours?

Christiana Stoddard, Peter J. Kuhn

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27 (1), 1-13

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1409

Private Returns to Human Capital over Transition: A Case Study of Belarus

Francesco Pastore, Alina Verashchagina

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2006, 25(1), 91-107

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1408

On the Political Economy of Social Security and Public Education

Panu Poutvaara

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19 (2), 345-365