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378 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16089
Non-college Occupations, Workplace Routinization, and the Gender Gap in College Enrollment
Amanda Chuan, Weilong Zhang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16087
Make Your Own Luck: The Wage Gains from Starting College in a Bad Economy
Alena Bicakova, Matias Cortes, Jacopo Mazza
published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 84, 102411
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16079
The Increasing Penalty to Occupation-Education Mismatch
Hugh Cassidy, Amanda Gaulke
revised version published in Economic Inquiry, 2024, 62 (2), 607–632.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16069
The Women Empowering Effect of Higher Education
Ahmed Elsayed, Alina Shirshikova
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 163, 103101
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16016
Public and Private School Grade Inflations Patterns in Secondary Education
Pedro Luís Silva, Stephen L. DesJardins, Ricardo Biscaia, Carla Sá, Pedro N. Teixeira
published in: B.E. Journal of Economics Analysis & Policy, 2025, 25 (2), 305-342
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15887
Unintended Effects of the Flexible Grading Policy
Mehlika Ozsoy, Núria Rodríguez-Planas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15882
The Impact of the
Stefania Basiglio, Daniela Del Boca, Chiara D. Pronzato
published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2024, 70 (3), 271 - 283
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15878
Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter
Nicolas Ajzenman, Bruno Ferman, Pedro C. Sant’Anna
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15860
Do Role Models Matter in Large Classes? New Evidence on Gender Match Effects in Higher Education
Stephan Ernst Maurer, Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15777
Getting Students to Stick Around: The Effects of Completing an Introductory Course on Persistence for Community College Students
Dora Gicheva, Julie Edmunds, Marie C. Hull, Beth Thrift
published in: Contemporary Economic Policy,2025, 43 (3), 427-451
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15748
Do College Admissions Criteria Matter? Evidence from Discretionary vs. Grade-Based Admission Policies
Rais Kamis, Jessica Pan, Kelvin Seah
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 92, 102347
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15687
Education Expansion and High-Skill Job Opportunities for Workers: Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats?
Tobias Schultheiss, Curdin Pfister, Ann-Sophie Gnehm, Uschi Backes-Gellner
published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 82, 102354
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15622
"Workhorses of Opportunity": Regional Universities Increase Local Social Mobility
Greg Howard, Russell Weinstein
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15586
P-Hacking, Data Type and Data-Sharing Policy
Abel Brodeur, Nikolai Cook, Carina Neisser
published in: Economic Journal, 2024, 134 (659), 985-1018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15557
College Admission as a Screening and Sorting Device
Mikkel Høst Gandil, Edwin Leuven
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15550
Gender Differences in High-Stakes Performance and College Admission Policies
Andreu Arenas, Caterina Calsamiglia
forthcoming in: Management Science, 2025.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15539
Dreaming of a Brighter Future? The Impact of Economic Vulnerability on University Aspirations
Barry Watson, Nancy Kong, Shelley Phipps
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15535
Returns to Different Postsecondary Investments: Institution Type, Academic Programs, and Credentials
Michael F. Lovenheim, Jonathan Smith
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15483
Do STEM Students Vote?
D’Wayne Bell, Jing Feng, John B. Holbein, Jonathan Smith
published in: American Educational Research Journal, 2024, 61 (1), 48-73.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15469
Keep Me In, Coach: The Short- and Long-Term Effects of Targeted Academic Coaching
Serena Canaan, Stefanie Fischer, Pierre Mouganie, Geoffrey C. Schnorr
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