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forthcoming in: Business Education Innovation Journal, with the title: "“Pop” Goes the National Debt? An Experiential Learning Activity for Teaching Fiscal Policy Challenges."

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17639

Does Learning Economics Make You Less Susceptible to the Sunk Cost Fallacy?

Stefani Milovanska-Farrington, Dirk Mateer

forthcoming in: Journal of Economics and Finance Education, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17638

From Startup to Success: Using Gen Z Entrepreneurs to Teach Economics

Stefani Milovanska-Farrington, Dirk Mateer

published in: Business Education Innovation Journal, 2026, 18(1)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17637

Using Engaging Activities to Enhance Student Mental Wellness in Introductory Economics Classes

Stefani Milovanska-Farrington, Dirk Mateer

forthcoming in: International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17584

Inequality in the Economics Profession

Karan Singhal, Eva Sierminska

forthcoming in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, Cham.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17479

E-Learning at Universities: Does Starting with Difficult Questions Affect Student Performance?

Agata Galkiewicz, Jan Marcus, Thomas Siedler

forthcoming in: Journal of Human Capital

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16375

School Starting Age and the Impact on School Admission

Julio Cáceres-Delpiano, Eugenio Giolito

published in: Empirical Economics, 2024, 67, 225–251

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16309

Mental Health in European Economics Departments

Elisa Macchi, Clara Sievert, Valentin Bolotnyy, Paul Barreira

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16276

Writing Tips for Crafting Effective Economics Research Papers – 2023-2024 Edition

Plamen Nikolov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15886

Integrating Gender into a Labor Economics Class

Jacqueline Strenio, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers

published in: Advances in Economics Education, 2023, 2 (1), 26 - 44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15799

A Complete Framework for Model-Free Difference-in-Differences Estimation

Daniel J. Henderson, Stefan Sperlich

published in: Foundations and Trends in Econometrics, 2023, 12 (3), 232-323

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15378

Sitting Next to a Dropout: Academic Success of Students with More Educated Peers

Daniel Goller, Andrea Diem, Stefan C. Wolter

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 93, 102372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14911

Adams and Eves: The Gender Gap in Economics Majors

Graziella Bertocchi, Luca Bonacini, Marina Murat

published as 'Adams and Eves: High school math and the gender gap in Economics majors' in: Economic Inquiry, 2023, 61 (4), 798-817

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14387

Gender Differences in Student Evaluations of Teaching: Identification and Consequences

Edmund Cannon, Giam Pietro Cipriani

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13813

Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: It Is Not Who You Teach, but How You Teach

George Orlov, Douglas McKee, James Berry, Austin Boyle, Thomas J. DiCiccio, Tyler Ransom, Alex Rees-Jones, Joerg Stoye

published in: Economics Letters, 2021, 202, 109812

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13732

Nudging Demand for Academic Support Services: Experimental and Structural Evidence from Higher Education

Todd Pugatch, Nicholas Wilson

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (5), 1637-1682

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13721

First in Their Families at University: Can Non-cognitive Skills Compensate for Social Origin?

Rebecca Edwards, Rachael Gibson, Colm P. Harmon, Stefanie Schurer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13223

Does Economics Make You Sexist?

Valentina Paredes, M. Daniele Paserman, Francisco J. Pino

published online in: Review of Econonomics and Statistics, 24 July 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13066

Vietnam's Extraordinary Performance in the PISA Assessment: A Cultural Explanation of an Education Paradox

Niaz Asadullah, Liyanage Devangi Perera, Saizi Xiao

published in: Journal of Policy Modelling, 2020, 42 (5), 913-932.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12397

Pay and Job Rank Amongst Academic Economists in the UK: Is Gender Relevant?

Karen A. Mumford, Cristina Sechel

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2020, 58 (1), 82-113

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. 11420

Minimum Age Requirements and the Impact of School Choice

Julio Cáceres-Delpiano, Eugenio Giolito

published as 'Minimum age requirements and the role of the school choice set ' in: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 2022, 14, 63 - 103

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10709

Do Higher Achievers Cheat Less? An Experiment of Self-Revealing Individual Cheating

Erez Siniver, Yossef Tobol, Gideon Yaniv

published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2017, 68, 91 - 96

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10535

Undergraduate Econometrics Instruction: Through Our Classes, Darkly

Joshua Angrist, Jörn-Steffen Pischke

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2017, 31 (2), 125–144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10400

A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market: 2016–2017 Edition

John Cawley

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10171

The Rapid Evolution of Homo Economicus: Brief Exposure to Neoclassical Assumptions Increases Self-Interested Behavior

John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee

published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2018, 75 ,55 - 65

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9435

The Educational Achievement of Pupils with Immigrant and Native Mothers: Evidence from Taiwan

Eric S. Lin, Yu-Lung Lu

published in: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2016, 36 (1), 48-72

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9332

Natural Disasters and University Enrolment: Evidence from L'Aquila Earthquake

Augusto Cerqua, Giorgio Di Pietro

revised version published in: Applied Economics, 2017, 49 (14), 1440-1457

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9003

Does Exposure to Economics Bring New Majors to the Field? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Hans Fricke, Jeffrey Grogger, Andreas Steinmayr

published as 'Exposure to Academic Fields and College Major Choice' in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 64, 199-213

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8694

The Impact of Age of Entry on Academic Progression

Julio Cáceres-Delpiano, Eugenio Giolito

revised version published in: Nuno Crato and Paolo Paruolo (eds.), Data-Driven Policy Impact Evaluation: How Microdata is Transforming Policy Design, Springer, 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8601

Divided Opinion on The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013: Random or Systematic Differences

Donal O'Neill

published in: Economics Letters, 2015, 136, 175-178

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. 8472

Does Diploma Type Matter for Subsequent Academic Achievement? A UAE Case Study

Samer Kherfi, George S Naufal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8429

Does Relative Grading Help Male Students? Evidence from a Field Experiment in the Classroom

Eszter Czibor, Sander Onderstal, Randolph Sloof, Mirjam C. van Praag

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2020, 75, 101953

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8428

A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market: 2014-2015 Edition

John Cawley

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7695

Determinants of Financial Rewards from Industry-University Collaboration in South Korea

Junghee Han, Almas Heshmati

published in: International Journal of Innovation Management, 2016, 20(7), 235-257.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7202

Job Search as a Determinant of Graduate Over-Education: Evidence from Australia

David Carroll, Massimiliano Tani

published in: Education Economics, 2015, 23 (5), 631-644

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6990

Where Do New Ph.D. Economists Go? Evidence from Recent Initial Job Placements

Jihui Susan Chen, Qihong Liu, Sherrilyn M. Billger

published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2013, 34, 312 - 338

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6407

Up or Out: Research Incentives and Career Prospects of Postdocs in Germany

Bernd Fitzenberger, Ute Leuschner

published in: German Economic Review, 2014, 15 (2), 287-328

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6402

Lost in Translation? Teacher Training and Outcomes in High School Economics Classes

Robert G. Valletta, K. Jody Hoff, Jane S. Lopus

published in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 2014, 32(4)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6358

The Short-Term Effectiveness of a Remedial Mathematics Course: Evidence from a UK University

Giorgio Di Pietro

revised version published in: The Manchester School, 2014, 82 (3), 363-384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5984

A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market (2011-2012 Edition)

John Cawley

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5844

Teams or Tournaments? A Field Experiment on Cooperation and Competition among University Students

Maria Bigoni, Margherita Fort, Mattia Nardotto, Tommaso G. Reggiani

revised version published as 'Cooperation or Competition? A Field Experiment on Non-Monetary Learning Incentives' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2015, 15 (4), 1753-1792

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5640

How Prediction Markets Can Save Event Studies

Erik Snowberg, Justin Wolfers, Eric Zitzewitz

published in: Leighton Vaughn Williams (ed), Prediction Markets, Routledge, 2011.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4496

Heterogeneous Class Size Effects: New Evidence from a Panel of University Students

Oriana Bandiera, Valentino Larcinese, Imran Rasul

published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (549), 1365 - 1398

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4443

Class Size and Class Heterogeneity

Giacomo De Giorgi, Michele Pellizzari, William Gui Woolston

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10 (4), 795 - 830