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46 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17772
The Impact of Raising the Minimum Legal Drinking Age on Academic Achievement and Risky Behaviour: A Difference-in-Discontinuities Approach
Luis Alonso-Armesto, Julio Cáceres-Delpiano, Warn N. Lekfuangfu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17507
Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Educational Outcomes
Manuel Bagues, Carmen Villa
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16731
COVID-19, School Closures, and Student Learning Outcomes: New Global Evidence from PISA
Maciej Jakubowski, Tomasz Gajderowicz, Harry Anthony Patrinos
published in: Science of Learning, 2025, 10, 5 (2025)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15652
Private Tutoring and Academic Achievement in a Selective Education System
Maria Zumbuehl, Stefanie Hof, Stefan C. Wolter
published online in: Education Economics, 25 July 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14769
Religious Practice and Student Performance: Evidence from Ramadan Fasting
Erik Hornung, Guido Schwerdt, Maurizio Strazzeri
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 205, 100-119
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14315
What Explains Vietnam's Exceptional Performance in Education Relative to Other Countries? Analysis of the 2012 and 2015 Pisa Data
Hai-Anh H Dang, Paul Glewwe, Khoa Vu, Jongwook Lee
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 96, 102434.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14039
The Effect of Refugees on Native Adolescents' Test Scores: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Pisa
Semih Tumen
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 150, 102633
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13453
Culture and Student Achievement: The Intertwined Roles of Patience and Risk-Taking
Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann
published as 'Patience, Risk-Taking, and Human Capital Investment across Countries' in: Economic Journal, 2022, 132 (646), 2290-2307
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12971
Long-Run Trends in the U.S. SES-Achievement Gap
Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, Laura M. Talpey, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2022, 17 (4), 608-640
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12282
Bullshitters. Who Are They and What Do We Know about Their Lives?
John Jerrim, Phil Parker, Nikki Shure
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. 10847
What Happens When Econometrics and Psychometrics Collide? An Example Using the PISA Data
John Jerrim, Luis Alejandro Lopez-Agudo, Oscar Marcenaro Gutierrez, Nikki Shure
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2017, 61, 51-58
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. 9797
The More, the Better? The Impact of Instructional Time on Student Performance
Maria Alejandra Cattaneo, Chantal Oggenfuss, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Education Economics, 2017, 25(5), 433-445
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9082
Is Ability Tracking (Really) Responsible for Educational Inequalities in Achievement? A Comparison between the Country States Bavaria and Hesse in Germany
Hartmut Esser, Ilona Relikowski
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8471
Student Scores in Public and Private Schools: Evidence from PISA 2009
Stephane Mahuteau, Kostas Mavromaras
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8411
Which Schools and Pupils Respond to Educational Achievement Surveys? A Focus on the English PISA Sample
Sylke V. Schnepf, Gabriele B. Durrant, John Micklewright
revised version published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 2018, 181 (4), 1057 - 1074
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8392
Socioeconomic Gradients in Children's Cognitive Skills: Are Cross-Country Comparisons Robust to Who Reports Family Background?
John Jerrim, John Micklewright
revised version published in: European Sociological Review, 2014, 30 (6), 766 - 781
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8028
Decomposition of Differences in PISA Results in Middle Income Countries
Sandra Nieto, Raul Ramos
published in: Prospects, 2015, 45(3), 325-343
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7722
Re-testing PISA Students One Year Later: On School Value Added Estimation Using OECD-PISA
Massimiliano Bratti, Daniele Checchi
revised version published in: Rivista di Politica Economica, 2016, 105, 145-189
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