IZA Discussion Papers

substantially revised version published as 'Private and Social Returns to Investment in Education: The Case of Turkey with Alternative Methods' in: Applied Economics, Published online: 04 Nov 2020

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12192

The Causal Effects of Education on Adult Health, Mortality and Income: Evidence from Mendelian Randomization and the Raising of the School Leaving Age

Neil Davies, Matt Dickson, George Davey Smith, Frank Windmeijer, Gerard J. van den Berg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11933

Education Level and Mating Success: Undercover on Tinder

Brecht Neyt, Sarah Vandenbulcke, Stijn Baert

revised version published as 'Are Men Intimidated by Highly Educated Women? Undercover on Tinder' in: Economics of Education Review [Online Access]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11795

The Effects of Education on Health: An Intergenerational Perspective

Mathias Huebener

R&R at: Journal of Human Resources

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11787

Training and Changes in Job Tasks

Marcus Tamm

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 67, 137-147

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11658

Field of Study and Family Outcomes

Elisabeth Artmann, Nadine Ketel, Hessel Oosterbeek, Bas van der Klaauw

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11657

Has the College Wage Premium Continued to Rise? Evidence from Multiple U.S. Surveys

Jared Ashworth, Tyler Ransom

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 69 (1), 149 -154.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11549

Vocational High School Graduate Wage Gap: The Role of Cognitive Skills and Firms

Joop Hartog, Pedro Raposo, Hugo Reis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11477

Does It Pay to Graduate from an 'Elite' University in Australia?

David Carroll, Christopher Heaton, Massimiliano Tani

published in: Economic Record, 2019, 95(310), 343-357

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11419

The Returns to Schooling Unveiled

Ana Rute Cardoso, Paulo Guimaraes, Pedro Portugal, Hugo Reis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11351

Do Dutch Dentists Extract Monopoly Rents?

Nadine Ketel, Edwin Leuven, Hessel Oosterbeek, Bas van der Klaauw

Published in Journal of Health Economics 63, 145-158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11209

Returns to Education and Female Participation Nexus: Evidence from India

Sanghamitra Kanjilal-Bhaduri, Francesco Pastore

published in: Indian Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 61 (3), 515-536.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11047

The Non-Market Benefits of Education and Ability

James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Gregory Veramendi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11030

How Do Latin American Migrants in the U.S. Stand on Schooling Premium? What Does It Reveal about Education Quality in Their Home Countries?

Daniel Alonso-Soto, Hugo R. Nopo

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2018, 39(6), 855-879.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10565

Money Counts, but So Does Timing: Public Investment and Adult Competencies

Alison Cathles, Jo Ritzen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10537

The Relative Returns to Education, Experience, and Attractiveness for Young Workers

Emily A. Beam, Joshua Hyman, Caroline Theoharides

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10506

High School Track Choice and Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from Urban Mexico

Ciro Avitabile, Matteo Bobba, Marco Pariguana

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10430

The Sooner the Better? Compulsory Schooling Reforms in Sweden

Martin Fischer, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson, Nina Schwarz

forthcoming in: Journal of the European Economic Association. Accepted version

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10249

Coping with Change: International Differences in the Returns to Skills

Eric A. Hanushek, Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Economics Letters, 2017, 153, 15-19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10192

The Returns to Elite College Education: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis

Massimo Anelli

Published online in: Journal of the European Economic Association, jvz070, https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvz070

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10064

Returns to Schooling among Immigrants in Spain: A Quantile Regression Approach

Santiago Budría, Pablo Swedberg, Marlene Fonseca

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10002

Do Returns to Education Depend on How and Who You Ask?

Pieter Serneels, Kathleen Beegle, Andrew Dillon

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2017, 60, 5-17

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9596

The Wage Returns to Education over the Life-Cycle: Heterogeneity and the Role of Experience

Franz Buscha, Matt Dickson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9509

Where Are the Returns to Lifelong Learning?

Michael Coelli, Domenico Tabasso

published in: Empirical Economics, 2019, 57 (1), 205-237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9477

Where Does Education Pay Off in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Two Cities of the Republic of Congo

Mathias Kuepie, Christophe Jalil Nordman

published in: Oxford Development Studies, 2016, 44 (1), 1-27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9274

Low Wage Returns to Schooling in a Developing Country: Evidence from a Major Policy Reform in Turkey

Abdurrahman Aydemir, Murat G. Kirdar

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 79 (6), 1046-1086.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8901

Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes in East and West Germany

Regina T. Riphahn, Michael Zibrowius

published in: Education Economics, 2016, 24 (1), 33 - 57

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8825

The Earnings Returns to Graduating with Honors: Evidence from Law Graduates

Ronny Freier, Mathias Schumann, Thomas Siedler

published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 34, 39-50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8548

Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models by Maximum Likelihood and the Simulated Method of Moments

Philipp Eisenhauer, James J. Heckman, Stefano Mosso

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8473

Returns to University Quality in Australia: A Two-Stage Analysis

David Carroll, Christopher Heaton, Massimiliano Tani

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8363

Does Higher Education Quality Matter in the UK?

Arnaud Chevalier

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2014, 40, 257-292

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8235

Personality, IQ, and Lifetime Earnings

Miriam Gensowski

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7349

Earnings Differentials and Returns to Education in China, 1995-2008

Yuling Cui, Daehoon Nahm, Massimiliano Tani

revised version published in : Australian Economic Review, 2015, 48, 382 –399

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7103

Estimating Returns to Education when the IV Sample is Selective

Le Wang

published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 21, 74-85

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6819

The Returns to Education for Opportunity Entrepreneurs, Necessity Entrepreneurs, and Paid Employees

Frank M. Fossen, Tobias J. M. Büttner

revised version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 37, 66-84

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6337

Misreported Schooling, Multiple Measures and Returns to Educational Qualifications

Erich Battistin, Michele De Nadai, Barbara Sianesi

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2014, 181, 136-150

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6173

How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in Urban China?

Le Wang

published online in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2012, [Early View]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6142

The Effect of Education Policy on Crime: An Intergenerational Perspective

Costas Meghir, Mårten Palme, Marieke Schnabel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5907

Comparative Essay on Returns to Education in Palestine and Turkey

Aysit Tansel, Yousef Daoud

published in: Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 2014, 13, 347-378.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5665

Returns to Education in Professional Football

René Böheim, Mario Lackner

published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 114 (3), 326-328

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5627

Utilising Microsimulation to Estimate New Marginal Returns to Education: Ireland 1987-2005

Darragh Flannery, Cathal O'Donoghue

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5524

What Determines the Return to Education: An Extra Year or a Hurdle Cleared?

Matt Dickson, Sarah Smith

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30 (6), 1167-1176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5417

Wage Inequality and Returns to Education in Turkey: A Quantile Regression Analysis

Aysit Tansel, Fatma Bircan

published in: Review of Economic Development, 2012, 16 (1), 107-121

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5409

Lost in Transition? The Returns to Education Acquired under Communism 15 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Giorgio Brunello, Elena Crivellaro, Lorenzo Rocco

published as 'Lost in Transition? The returns to education acquired under communism in the first decade of the new millennium' in: Economics of Transition, 2012, 20 (4), 637-676

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5018

The Changing Economic Advantage from Private School

Francis Green, Stephen Machin, Richard J. Murphy, Yu Zhu

published in: Economica, 2012, 79 (316), 658–679

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4975

The GED

James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Nicholas S. Mader

published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin and S. Woessman (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Education, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011, Chapter 9, 423-483

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4680

Policies to Create and Destroy Human Capital in Europe

James J. Heckman, Bas Jacobs

published in: Hans-Werner Sinn and Edmund Phelps (eds.), Perspectives on the Performance of the Continental Economies, MIT Press, 2011, 253-322

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4628

Returns for Entrepreneurs vs. Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vs. Wage Employees

Mirjam C. van Praag, Arjen van Witteloostuijn, Justin van der Sluis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4332

Count Your Hours: Returns to Education in Poland

Michal Myck, Anna Nicinska, Leszek Morawski

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4208

"It's not that I'm a racist, it's that they are Roma": Roma Discrimination and Returns to Education in South Eastern Europe

Niall O'Higgins

revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2010, 31(2) 163-187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4206

Are Returns to Education on the Decline in Venezuela and Does Mission Sucre Have a Role to Play?

Naihobe Gonzales, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30 (6), 1348-1369

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4169

Interpreting Degree Effects in the Returns to Education

Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Audrey Light

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45 (2), 439-467

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4127

Choosing the Field of Study in Post-Secondary Education: Do Expected Earnings Matter?

Magali Beffy, Denis Fougère, Arnaud Maurel

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 94 (1), 334–347

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4043

University Quality and Graduate Wages in the UK

Iftikhar Hussain, Sandra McNally, Shqiponja Telhaj

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3766

Understanding Low Average Returns to Education in Africa: The Role of Heterogeneity across Education Levels and the Importance of Political and Economic Reforms

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

revised version published as 'Have returns to education changed in Nigeria? Uncovering the role of democratic reforms' in: Journal of African Economies, 2011, 20 (5), 737-780

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3399

The Health Returns to Education: What Can We Learn from Twins?

Petter Lundborg

published as 'The health returns to schooling—what can we learn from twins?' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 673-701

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3284

Earnings Differences between Chinese and Indian Wage Earners, 1987–2004

Olivier Bargain, Sumon K. Bhaumik, Manisha Chakrabarty, Zhong Zhao

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55(1), 562-587 [Details & Download]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3221

Within and Between Gender Disparities in Income and Education Benefits from Democracy

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

published as 'Disparities in the Benefits from Democratic Reform in Nigeria: A Gender Perspective' in: Developing Economies, 2010, 48 (3), 345–375

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3102

“For One More Year with You”: Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe

Giorgio Brunello, Margherita Fort, Guglielmo Weber

published as 'Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe' in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (536), 516 - 539

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3097

Africa’s Education Enigma? The Nigerian Story

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 91 (1), 128-139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3082

Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes across Geopolitical Regions in Nigeria: Fact or Fantasy?

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

published in: Journal of African Development, 2008, 10 (1), 11-31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3058

Why Are the Returns to Education Higher for Entrepreneurs than for Employees?

Justin van der Sluis, Mirjam C. van Praag, Arjen van Witteloostuijn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2953

Modeling the Signaling Value of the GED with an Application to an Exogenous Passing Standard Increase in Texas

Magnus Lofstrom, John Tyler

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 28, 305-352

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2882

Age-Dependent Skill Formation and Returns to Education: Simulation Based Evidence

Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Karsten Reuss

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (4), 631-646

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2640

Mother’s Education and Birth Weight

Arnaud Chevalier, Vincent O'Sullivan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2516

Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from a Schooling Reform

Maarten Lindeboom, Ana Llena-Nozal, Bas van der Klaauw

published in: Journal of Health Economics 2009, 28 (1), 109-131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2385

The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program

James Albrecht, Gerard J. van den Berg, Susan Vroman

published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2009, 12(1), 129-146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2231

Sheepskin or Prozac: The Causal Effect of Education on Mental Health

Arnaud Chevalier, Leon Feinstein

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1904

Search Equilibrium, Production Parameters and Social Returns to Education: Theory and Estimation

Christian Holzner, Andrey Launov

revised version published as 'Search Equilibrium and Social and Private Returns to Education' in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (1), 39-59

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1763

Educational Qualifications and Wage Inequality: Evidence for Europe

Santiago Budría, Pedro T. Pereira

published in: Revista de Economía Aplicada, 2011, 56 (19), 5-34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1657

Increasing Returns to Education and the Skills Under-Investment Trap

Alison L. Booth, Melvyn Coles

published as 'A Microfoundation for Increasing Returns in Human Capital Accumulation and the Under-Participation Trap' in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (7), 1661-1681

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1503

The Knowledge Lift: The Swedish Adult Education Program That Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels

James Albrecht, Gerard J. van den Berg, Susan Vroman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1306

Measuring the Returns to the GED: Using an Exogenous Change in GED Passing Standards as a Natural Experiment

Magnus Lofstrom, John Tyler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1140

The Distribution of Wages in Belarus

Francesco Pastore, Alina Verashchagina

published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2006, 48 (3), 351-376

IZA Discussion Paper No. 829

Selection Bias, Comparative Advantage and Heterogeneous Returns to Education: Evidence from China in 2000