IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16805

School Choice and Neighborhood Sorting: Equilibrium Consequences of Geographic School Admissions

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16776

Setting Priorities in School Choice Enrollment Systems: Who Benefits from Placement Algorithm Preferences?

Jon Valant, Brigham Walker

published online as 'Setting Priorities in School Choice: How Placement Algorithms Affect Enrollment Patterns by Race and Family Income' in: Journal of Human Resources, 08 October 2025, 0124-13347R2

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16773

Competitive Effects of Charter Schools

David N. Figlio, Cassandra M. D. Hart, Krzysztof Karbownik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16591

The (Un)Importance of School Assignment

Nadine Ketel, Hessel Oosterbeek, Sandor Sovago, Bas van der Klaauw

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16584

Gender Differences in High School Choices: Do Math and Language Skills Play a Role?

Dalit Contini, Maria Laura Di Tommaso, Anna Maccagnan, Silvia Mendolia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16301

The Profit Motive in the Classroom - Friend or Foe?

Niklas Elert, Magnus Henrekson

published in: Journal of School Choice, 2024, 19 (1), 163–186

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16168

Perceived Ability and School Choices: Experimental Evidence and Scale-up Effects

Matteo Bobba, Veronica Frisancho, Marco Pariguana

this paper is an updated version of IZA DP No. 10360 (2016).

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16064

Should You Meet the Parents? The Impact of Information on Non-test Score Attributes on School Choice

Elisa Facchetti, Lorenzo Neri, Marco Ovidi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15985

Do Classical Studies Open Your Mind?

Giorgio Brunello, Piero Esposito, Lorenzo Rocco, Sergio Scicchitano

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15756

Does It Pay to Attend More Selective High Schools? Regression Discontinuity Evidence from China

Bin Huang, Bo Li, Ian Walker, Yu Zhu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15330

School Choice and Higher Education Attainment

Diana Alessandrini, Joniada Milla

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14581

Teacher Compensation and Structural Inequality: Evidence from Centralized Teacher School Choice in Perú

Matteo Bobba, Tim Ederer, Gianmarco Leon Ciliotta, Christopher A. Neilson, Marco Nieddu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14342

Effects of Scaling up Private School Choice Programs on Public School Students

David N. Figlio, Cassandra M. D. Hart, Krzysztof Karbownik

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023, 15 (4), 255-294

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13685

Is There a Link between BMI and Adolescents' Educational Choices and Expectations?

Luis Diaz-Serrano, Alexandrina P. Stoyanova

published as 'The relationship between overweight and education revisited: a test of the selection hypothesis based on adolescents' educational aspirations' in: Public Health, 2023, 224, 237 - 243

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13464

School Choice Design, Risk Aversion, and Cardinal Segregation

Caterina Calsamiglia, Francisco Martínez-Mora, Antonio Miralles

published in: Economic Journal, 2021, 131 (635), 1081–1104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13167

Heterogeneous Effects of Missing out on a Place at a Preferred Secondary School in England

Emma Gorman, Ian Walker

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 81, 102082

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13007

Education for All? A Nationwide Audit Study of School Choice

Peter Bergman, Isaac McFarlin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12927