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139 IZA Discussion Papers
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 B. Bargain, Sumon K. Bhaumik, Manisha Chakrabarty, Zhong Zhao
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55 (1), 562-587
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
published as 'Modeling the signaling value of the GED with an application to an exogenous passing standard increase in Texas' in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 28, 305-352.
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
James J. Heckman, Xuesong Li
published in: Pacific Economic Review, 2004, 9(3), 155-171
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