IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17844

Out of School and into Trouble? Labor Market Impacts of Decreasing the School Leaving Age

Anna Adamecz, Daniel Prinz, Suncica Vujic, Agnes Szabo-Morvai

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17836

The Political Consequences of Controversial Education Reform: Lessons from Wisconsin’s Act 10

Barbara Biasi, Wayne Aaron Sandholtz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17212

Signaling Effects on the Labor Market: Winners and Losers of University Licensing in a Higher Education Reform

Pablo Lavado, Gustavo Yamada, Joaquin Armas, Mauricio Gonzalez

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16791

Improvements in Schooling Opportunities and Teen Births

Lucas N. Garcez, María Padilla-Romo, Cecilia Peluffo, Mayra Pineda-Torres

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2025, 236, 107120

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15505

Much Ado about Nothing? School Curriculum Reforms and Students' Educational Trajectories

Maurizio Strazzeri, Chantal Oggenfuss, Stefan C. Wolter

published as 'Early exposure to foreign language training and students’ educational trajectories' in: Economics of Education Review, 2025, 108, 102684 (with Enzo Brox)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13944

Long-Lasting Effects of Communist Indoctrination in School: Evidence from Poland

Joan Costa-Font, Jorge Garcia-Hombrados, Anna Nicinska

published in: European Economic Review, 2024, 161, 104641

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12374

Free Education Helps Combat Child Labor? The Effect of a Free Compulsory Education Reform in Rural China

Can Tang, Liqiu Zhao, Zhong Zhao

published in:[Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33, 601–631

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11793

Linguistic Skills and the Intergenerational Transmission of Language

Ramon Caminal, Lorenzo Cappellari, Antonio Di Paolo

published as 'Language-in-education, language skills and the intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society' in: Labour Economics, 2021, 70, 101975

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. 11210

Education Effects on Days Hospitalized and Days out of Work by Gender: Evidence from Turkey

Aysit Tansel, Halil Ibrahim Keskin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9431

Bilingual Schooling and Earnings: Evidence from a Language-in-Education Reform

Lorenzo Cappellari, Antonio Di Paolo

revised version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 64, 90–101

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9212

The Effects of Longer School Days on Mothers' Labor Force Participation

Matias Berthelon, Diana Kruger, Melanie Oyarzún

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8985

Charters Without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston

Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua Angrist, Peter Hull, Parag A. Pathak

published in: American Economic Review, 2016, 106 (7), 1878–1920

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8880

Wish You Were Here? Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Education on Attitude toward Immigrants

Beatrice d'Hombres, Luca Nunziata

revised version publishd in: European Economic Review, 2016, 90, 201 - 224

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8255

Reaching High: Occupational Sorting and Higher Education Wage Inequality in the UK

Jan Kleibrink, Maren M. Michaelsen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6462

Education, Health and Mortality: Evidence from a Social Experiment

Costas Meghir, Mårten Palme, Emilia Simeonova

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10 (2), 234–256

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5002

Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies

Anders Björklund, Kjell G. Salvanes

revised version published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin, and L. Woessmann (eds.), Handbook in Economics of Education, Vol. 3, North Holland: 2010, pp. 201-247

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. 1500

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

Joshua Angrist, Jonathan Guryan

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

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