IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published as 'Bridging the Gender Gap: Women’s Education and Political Representation' in: Economics of Education Review, 2025, 104, 102605

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16380

Do Teachers' Labor Contracts Matter?

Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll, Roberto Quaranta

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16310

Education and Later-Life Mortality: Evidence from a School Reform in Japan

Kazuya Masuda, Hitoshi Shigeoka

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16192

Who Benefits from Tuition-Free, Top-Quality Universities? Evidence from Brazil

Suzanne Duryea, Rafael Perez Ribas, Breno Sampaio, Gustavo R. Sampaio, Giuseppe Trevisan

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 96, 102423

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15975

Women in Political Power and School Closure during COVID Times

Natalia Danzer, Sebastian Garcia-Torres, Max F. Steinhardt, Luca Stella

published in: Economic Policy, 2024, 39 (120), 765–810

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15876

The Effects of Schooling on Cognitive Skills: Evidence from Education Expansions

Lorenzo Cappellari, Daniele Checchi, Marco Ovidi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15553

The Impact of Maternal Education on Child Immunization: Evidence from Bangladesh

Md Shahjahan, Giulia La Mattina, Padmaja Ayyagari

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15531

Universal Early Childhood Education and Adolescent Risky Behavior

Michihito Ando, Hiroaki Mori, Shintaro Yamaguchi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15439

Losing Prospective Entitlement to Unemployment Benefits. Impact on Educational Attainment

Bart Cockx, Koen Declercq, Muriel Dejemeppe

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 95, 102424

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15379

A Note on Evaluating Formal Education for Adults

Anders Stenberg

published as 'Does Formal Education for Adults Yield Long-Term Multiplier Effects or Human Capital Depreciation?' in: Economics of Education Review, 2022, 90, 102306

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14991

Income Contingency and the Electorate's Support for Tuition

Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14880

Access to Head Start and Maternal Labor Supply: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence

Jocelyn Wikle, Riley Wilson

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, 41 (4), 1081–1127

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14832

The Duration of the School-To-Work Transition in Italy and in Other European Countries: A Flexible Baseline Hazard Interpretation

Francesco Pastore, Claudio Quintano, Antonella Rocca

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2022, 43 (7), 1579-1600.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14796

The Legacy of COVID-19 in Education

Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Economic Policy, 2023, 38 (115), 609-668

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14678

Early-Years Multi-Grade Classes and Pupil Attainment

Daniel Borbely, Markus Gehrsitz, Stuart McIntyre, Gennaro Rossi, Graeme Roy

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 2023, 85, (6), 1295-1319

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14670

Head Start Funding Expansions and Program Inputs

Chris M. Herbst, Esra Kose

published in: Public Finance Review, 2024, 52 (1), 42-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14552

The Effect of School Voucher Spending on Initial Earnings

Juan A. Correa, Francisco Parro, Rafael Sánchez

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14521

Looking for a Star: Evaluating the Effect of the Cohesion Policy on Regional Well-Being

Giuseppe Albanese, Vincenzo Carrieri, Maria Maddalena Speziali

published online as 'Beyond GDP: assessing the impact of the 2007–13 EU Cohesion Policy' in: Regional Studies, 03 Jun 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14386

Earnings Information and Public Preferences for University Tuition: Evidence from Representative Experiments

Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 226, 104968

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14097

Can Mentoring Alleviate Family Disadvantage in Adolescence? A Field Experiment to Improve Labor-Market Prospects

Sven Resnjanskij, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132 (3), 1013-1062

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13791

School Schedule and the Gender Pay Gap

Emma Duchini, Clémentine Van Effenterre

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (4), 1052 - 1089

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13701

Veteran Educators or For-Profiteers? Tuition Responses to Changes in the Post 9/11 GI Bill

Matthew Baird, Michael S. Kofoed, Trey Miller, Jennie Wenger

published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2022, 41 (4), 1012-1039.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13462

Stuck at a Crossroads? The Duration of the Italian School-To-Work Transition

Francesco Pastore, Claudio Quintano, Antonella Rocca

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2021, 42 (3), 442-469

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13276

Keeping Kids in School and Out of Work: Compulsory Schooling and Child Labor in Turkey

Meltem Dayioglu-Tayfur, Murat Güray Kirdar

published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2022, 16 (4), 526 - 555

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12749

Information Provision and Preferences for Education Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments in Three Countries

Maria Alejandra Cattaneo, Philipp Lergetporer, Guido Schwerdt, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann, Stefan C. Wolter

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 63, 101876

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12747

The Effects of the Vietnam Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction Program on Schooling

Marco Bertoni, Quynh Huynh, Lorenzo Rocco

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12662

The Quasi-Market of Employment Services in Italy

Francesco Pastore

published in: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2020, 42 (6), 1248-1269.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12627

Hunger and Performance in the Classroom

Farzana Afridi, Bidisha Barooah, Rohini Somanathan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12601

Delayed Graduation and University Dropout: A Review of Theoretical Approaches

Carmen Aina, Eliana Baici, Giorgia Casalone, Francesco Pastore

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12591

External Monitors and Score Manipulation in Italian Schools: Symptomatic Treatment or Cure?

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Marco Alberto De Benedetto, Maria De Paola

published as 'Does monitoring deter future cheating? The case of external examiners in Italian schools' in: Economics Letters, 2021, 201, 109742

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12523

Active Choice Framing and Intergenerational Education Benefits: Evidence from the Field

Benjamin L. Castleman, Francis X. Murphy, Richard Patterson, William L. Skimmyhorn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12249

Do Party Positions Affect the Public's Policy Preferences?

Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 179, 523-543

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12235

Refugees and 'Native Flight' from Public to Private Schools

Semih Tumen

published in: Economics Letters, 2019, 181, 154-159

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12200

Selecting or Rewarding Teachers? International Evidence from Primary Schools

Michela Braga, Daniele Checchi, Christelle Garrouste, Francesco Scervini

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2020, 76, 101986

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12192

The Causal Effects of Education on Adult Health, Mortality and Income: Evidence from Mendelian Randomization and the Raising of the School Leaving Age

Neil Davies, Matt Dickson, George Davey Smith, Frank Windmeijer, Gerard J. van den Berg

revised version published in: International Journal of Epidemiology, 2023, 52 (6), 1878–1886,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12175

The Political Economy of Higher Education Finance: How Information and Design Affect Public Preferences for Tuition

Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann

now IZA Discussion Papers 14386 and 14991

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11792

ProPelled: The Effects of Grants on Graduation, Earnings, and Welfare

Jeffrey T. Denning, Benjamin M. Marx, Lesley J. Turner

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11 (3), 193-224

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11730

Educational Inequality and Public Policy Preferences: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 188, 104226

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11689

One Billion Euro Program for Early Childcare Services in Italy

Isabella Giorgetti, Matteo Picchio

published in: Metroeconomica, 2021, 72 (3), 469-492

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11683

Testing

Annika B. Bergbauer, Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (2), 349-388

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11576

Child Care, Parental Labor Supply and Tax Revenue

Martin Eckhoff Andresen, Tarjei Havnes

published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, 101762

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11421

The Economics of University Dropouts and Delayed Graduation: A Survey

Carmen Aina, Eliana Baici, Giorgia Casalone, Francesco Pastore

substantially revised version published as 'The Determinants of University Dropout: A Review of the Socio-Economic Literature' in: Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2022, 79, 101102

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11349

Are They Coming Back? The Mobility of University Students in Switzerland after Graduation

Chantal Oggenfuss, Stefan C. Wolter

published in: Review of Regional Research, 2019, 39(2), 189-208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11281

The Economic Effects of Providing Legal Status to DREAMers

Francesc Ortega, Ryan Edwards, Amy Hsin

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2019, 9:2.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11198

Rising Stars

Erich Battistin, Marco Ovidi

published in: Economica, 2022, 89, 356, 830-848

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11082

Youth Enfranchisement, Political Responsiveness and Education Expenditure: Evidence from the U.S.

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico, Francesco Lancia, Alessia Russo

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 12, 2020, 1-32

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10948

Public Opinion on Education Policy in Germany

Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

published in: M.R. West, L. Woessmann (eds.), Public Opinion and the Political Economy of Education Policy around the World, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2021, 205-243

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10812

Parental Leave, (In)formal Childcare and Long-term Child Outcomes

Natalia Danzer, Martin Halla, Nicole Schneeweis, Martina Zweimüller

revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57 (6) 1826-1884;

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10767

Why So Slow? The School-to-Work Transition in Italy

Francesco Pastore

published in: Studies in Higher Education, 2019, 44 (8), 1358-1371

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10565

Money Counts, but So Does Timing: Public Investment and Adult Competencies

Alison Cathles, Jo Ritzen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10366

The Economic Contribution of Unauthorized Workers: An Industry Analysis

Ryan Edwards, Francesc Ortega

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2017, 67, 119 - 134

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10357

How Information Affects Support for Education Spending: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Germany and the United States

Martin R. West, Ludger Woessmann, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 167, 138-157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10118

Pay for Locally Monitored Performance? A Welfare Analysis for Teacher Attendance in Ugandan Primary Schools

Jacobus Cilliers, Ibrahim Kasirye, Clare Leaver, Pieter Serneels, Andrew Zeitlin

published in: Journal of Public Economics 2018, 167, 69-90

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10012

Gender Performance Gaps: Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Role of Gender Differences in Sleep Cycles

Lester Lusher, Vasil Yasenov

published in: Economic Inquiry; 2018, 56 (1), 252 - 262

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10001

The Importance of School Systems: Evidence from International Differences in Student Achievement

Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016, 30 (3), 3-31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9968

Information and Preferences for Public Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

Philipp Lergetporer, Guido Schwerdt, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 167, 138-157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9915

Head Start and the Distribution of Long Term Education and Labor Market Outcomes

Monique de Haan, Edwin Leuven

published in: Journal of Labor Economics 2020, 38 (3), 727–765

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9911

Information, Financial Aid and Training Participation: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Katja Görlitz, Marcus Tamm

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 47, 138-148

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9687

Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education?

Lisa Sofie Höckel, Manuel Santos Silva, Tobias Heidland

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9424

Incentives and Children's Dietary Choices: A Field Experiment in Primary Schools

Michèle Belot, Jonathan James, Patrick J. Nolen

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 50, 213-229

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9234

Immigration and School Choices in the Midst of the Great Recession

Lídia Farré, Francesc Ortega, Ryuichi Tanaka

published as 'Immigration and the public-private school choice' in: Labour Economics, 2018, 51, 184 - 201

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9065

The Inheritance of Educational Inequality among Young People in Developing Countries

Francesco Pastore, Federica Roccisano

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9047

Flexibility at a Cost: Should Governments Stimulate Tertiary Education for Adults?

Anders Stenberg, Olle Westerlund

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2016, 7, 69–86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8960

Decentralizing Education Resources: School Grants in Senegal

Pedro Carneiro, Oswald Koussihouèdé, Nathalie Lahire, Costas Meghir, Corina Mommaerts

published as ' School Grants and Education Quality: Experimental Evidence from Senegal' in: Economica, 2020, 87 (345), 28-51

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8921

The European Youth Guarantee: Labor Market Context, Conditions and Opportunities in Italy

Francesco Pastore

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2015, 4:11

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8854

How Many Educated Workers for Your Economy? European Targets, Optimal Public Spending, and Labor Market Impact

Isabelle Lebon, Therese Rebiere

published in: Portuguese Economic Journal, 2018, 17 (1), 1 - 44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8778

Immigration and the Political Economy of Public Education: Recent Perspectives

Francesc Ortega, Ryuichi Tanaka

published as 'Immigration and the political economy of public education' in: G. Freeman and N, Mirilovic (eds.), Handbook of Migration and Social Policy. Elgar, 2016, 121–136

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8619

More Schooling, Less Youth Crime? Learning from an Earthquake in Japan

Yu Aoki

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8415

The Effect of Access to Information and Communication Technology on Household Labor Income: Evidence from One Laptop Per Child in Uruguay

Joaquin Marandino, Phanindra V. Wunnava

published in: Economies, 2017, 5 (3), 35

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8342

Immigration, Naturalization, and the Future of Public Education

Ryuichi Tanaka, Lídia Farré, Francesc Ortega

published as 'Immigration, assimilation, and the future of public education' in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 52 (C), 141-165

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8234

Does Participation in 4-H Improve Schooling Outcomes? Evidence from Florida

Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Troy Timko

published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2015, 97 (2), 414–434

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7420

School Accountability: Can We Reward Schools and Avoid Pupil Selection?

Erwin Ooghe, Erik Schokkaert

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7314

The Effects of Test-based Retention on Student Outcomes over Time: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida

Guido Schwerdt, Martin R. West

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 152, 154-169

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6629

When the Cat Is Near, the Mice Won't Play: The Effect of External Examiners in Italian Schools

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 104, 65-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6524

Electoral Impacts of Uncovering Public School Quality: Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities

Sergio Firpo, Renan Pieri, André Portela Souza

published in: EconomiA., 2017, 18 (1), 1-17

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6281

Does Additional Spending Help Urban Schools? An Evaluation Using Boundary Discontinuities

Stephen Gibbons, Sandra McNally, Martina Viarengo

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2018, 16 (5), 1618-1668

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6208

The Impact of Alternative Grade Configurations on Student Outcomes through Middle and High School

Guido Schwerdt, Martin R. West

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 97 (C), 308-326

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6175

The French Unhappiness Puzzle: The Cultural Dimension of Happiness

Claudia Senik

published as 'Why are the French so Unhappy? The Cultural Dimension of Happiness' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 106, 379-401.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6073

Thomas K. Bauer, Barbara S. Grave

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6021

Talking about the Pigou Paradox: Socio-Educational Background and Educational Outcomes of AlmaLaurea

Floro Ernesto Caroleo, Francesco Pastore

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2012, 33 (1), 27-50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6017

Race v. Suffrage: The Determinants of Development in Mississippi

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

revised version published as 'De Jure and De Facto Determinants of Power: Evidence from Mississippi' in: Constitutional Political Economy, 2017, 28, 321-345

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5897

On Educational Performance Measures

Alastair Muriel, Jeffrey A. Smith

published in: Fiscal Studies, 2011, 32(2), 187-206

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5888

Child Care, Maternal Employment and Persistence: A Natural Experiment from Spain

Natalia Nollenberger, Núria Rodríguez-Planas

substantially revised version published as 'Full-Time Universal Childcare in a Context of Low Maternal Employment: Modest but Persistent Effects' in: Labour Economics, 2015, 36, 124 - 136

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5667

The Impact of 'Equal Educational Opportunity' Funds: A Regression Discontinuity Design

Erwin Ooghe

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5532

Student Loan Reforms for German Higher Education: Financing Tuition Fees

Bruce Chapman, Mathias Sinning

published in: Education Economics, 2014, 22 (6), 569-588

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5395

Selective Immigration Policies, Migrants' Education and Welfare at Origin

Simone Bertoli, Herbert Brücker

published in: Economics Letters, 2011, 113 (1), 19-22

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5330

Universities as Stakeholders in their Students' Careers: On the Benefits of Graduate Taxes to Finance Higher Education

Tom McKenzie, Dirk Sliwka

published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2011, 167 (4), 726-742

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5329

Slavery, Education, and Inequality

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 70, 197-209

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4925

The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement

Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann

published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin, L. Woessmann (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Education, Vol. 3, pp. 89-200, Amsterdam: North Holland, 2011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4833

Public Education for the Children Left Behind

Carmen Camacho, I-Ling Shen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4291

Caught in the Trap? The Disincentive Effect of Social Assistance

Olivier B. Bargain, Karina Doorley

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (9-10), 1096-1110

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4058

School Tracking and Development of Cognitive Skills

Tuomas Pekkarinen, Roope Uusitalo, Sari Pekkala Kerr

published in Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 31 (3), 577-603.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3946