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1,534 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12396
Neighbourhood and School Poverty Simultaneously Predicting Educational Achievement, Taking into Account Timing and Duration of Exposure
Jaap Nieuwenhuis, Tom Kleinepier, Maarten van Ham
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12394
Risk-Adjusted Returns to Education
Judith Delaney
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12375
Sibling Differences in Educational Polygenic Scores: How Do Parents React?
Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anastasia Terskaya
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12374
Free Education Helps Combat Child Labor? The Effect of a Free Compulsory Education Reform in Rural China
Can Tang, Liqiu Zhao, Zhong Zhao
forthcoming in: Journal of Population Economics [Online]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12338
Math Scores in High Stakes Grades
Giorgio Brunello, David Kiss
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12332
The Effect of Education on Health: Evidence from the 1997 Compulsory Schooling Reform in Turkey
Badi H. Baltagi, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Haci M. Karatas
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2019, 17, 205-221
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12332
The Effect of Education on Health: Evidence from the 1997 Compulsory Schooling Reform in Turkey
Badi H. Baltagi, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Haci M. Karatas
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2019, 17, 205-221
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12316
Life Expectancy and Parental Education
Mathias Huebener
published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2019, Vol. 232, 351-365
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12314
Girls, Boys, and High Achievers
Angela Cools, Raquel Fernández, Eleonora Patacchini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12311
Economic Opportunities and Gender Equity: The Migration and Education Decisions of Young Women from Rural China
Chunbing Xing, Yan Sun
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12307
Does Evaluating Teachers Make a Difference?
Simon Briole, Eric Maurin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12302
Like (Grand)Parent, like Child? Multigenerational Mobility across the EU
Marco Colagrossi, Beatrice d'Hombres, Sylke V. Schnepf
revised version forthcoming in: European Economic Review
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12240
Violence and Human Capital Investments
Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner, Livia Menezes
Forthcoming: Journal of Labor Economics, 2020.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12238
Returns to Investment in Education: The Case of Turkey
Harry A. Patrinos, George Psacharopoulos, Aysit Tansel
substantially revised version published as 'Private and Social Returns to Investment in Education: The Case of Turkey with Alternative Methods' in: Applied Economics, Published online: 04 Nov 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12238
Returns to Investment in Education: The Case of Turkey
Harry A. Patrinos, George Psacharopoulos, Aysit Tansel
substantially revised version published as 'Private and Social Returns to Investment in Education: The Case of Turkey with Alternative Methods' in: Applied Economics, Published online: 04 Nov 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12237
Education and Risk Compensation in Wages: A Quantile Regression Approach
José António Cabral Vieira, Carolina Constância, João Teixeira
forthcoming in: Applied Economics Letters
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. 12203
Long-Run Effects from Comprehensive Student Support: Evidence from Pathways to Education
Adam M. Lavecchia, Philip Oreopoulos, Robert S. Brown
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12202
Peer Diversity, College Performance and Educational Choices
Arnaud Chevalier, Ingo E. Isphording, Elena Lisauskaite
revised version forthcoming in: Labour Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12196
Do Constraints on Women Worsen Child Deprivations? Framework, Measurement, and Evidence from India
Alberto Posso, Stephen C. Smith, Lucia Ferrone
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12176
It's Not Just for Boys! Understanding Gender Differences in STEM
Judith Delaney, Paul J. Devereux
published as 'Understanding Gender Differences in STEM: Evidence from College Applications' in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 72, 219-238
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12174
Attribution Bias in Major Decisions: Evidence from the United States Military Academy
Kareem Haggag, Richard Patterson, Nolan G. Pope, Aaron Feudo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12173
Human Capital Investment under Exit Options: Evidence from a Natural Quasi-Experiment
Satish Chand, Michael A. Clemens
submitted
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12172
Can Public Rankings Improve School Performance? Evidence from a Nationwide Reform in Tanzania
Jacobus Cilliers, Isaac M. Mbiti, Andrew Zeitlin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12159
Local Norms Describing the Role of the State and the Private Provision of Training
Andreas Kuhn, Jürg Schweri, Stefan C. Wolter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12157
The Long-Term Effect of Age at School Entry on Competencies in Adulthood
Katja Görlitz, Merlin Penny, Marcus Tamm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12118
Selection and Educational Attainment: Why Some Children Are Left Behind? Evidence from a Middle-Income Country
Luciana Méndez-Errico, Xavier Ramos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12112
The Long-Term Economic Effects of Polio: Evidence from the Introduction of the Polio Vaccine to Sweden in 1957
Luis Serratos-Sotelo, Tommy Bengtsson, Anton Nilsson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12109
Cash, Conditions and Child Development: Experimental Evidence from a Cash Transfer in Honduras
Florencia López Bóo, John Creamer
published in: Economia, LACEA, 2019, 19 (2), 169 - 196
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12095
Measuring the Spatial Misallocation of Labor: The Returns to India-Gulf Guest Work in a Natural Experiment
Michael A. Clemens
submitted
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12088
Schooling Forsaken: Education and Migration
Ilhom Abdulloev, Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12084
Lost Boys: Access to Secondary Education and Crime
Kristiina Huttunen, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Roope Uusitalo, Hanna Virtanen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12071
Returns to Higher Education Subjects and Tiers in China: Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies
Lili Kang, Fei Peng, Yu Zhu
published in: Studies in Higher Education. Published online 11 Dec 2019 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1698538)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12070
Inequality of Opportunity in Education: Accounting for the Contributions of Sibs, Schools and Sorting across East Africa
Paul Anand, Jere R. Behrman, Hai-Anh Dang, Sam Jones
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12069
Timing Is Everything: Evidence from College Major Decisions
Richard Patterson, Nolan G. Pope, Aaron Feudo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12054
Education Spillovers within the Workplace
Kristian Hedeager Bentsen, Jakob R. Munch, Georg Schaur
published in: Economics Letters, 2019, 175, 57-59
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12053
University Tuition Fees and High School Students' Educational Intentions
Michael Bahrs, Thomas Siedler
published in: Fiscal Studies, 2019, 40 (2), 117-147
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12052
What Stops Poor Girls from Going to College? Skill Development and Access to Higher Education in a Developing Country
Oswaldo Molina, Diego Santa María, Gustavo Yamada
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12051
In-State College Enrollment and Later Life Location Decisions
John V. Winters
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2020, 55 (4), 1400-1426
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12032
The Impact of Brexit on International Students' Return Intentions
Jane Falkingham, Corrado Giulietti, Jackline Wahba, Chuhong Wang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12011
The Impact of Dual Apprenticeship Programs on Early Labour Market Outcomes: A Dynamic Approach
Brecht Neyt, Dieter Verhaest, Stijn Baert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12011
The Impact of Dual Apprenticeship Programs on Early Labour Market Outcomes: A Dynamic Approach
Brecht Neyt, Dieter Verhaest, Stijn Baert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11990
Younger and Dissatisfied? Relative Age and Life-Satisfaction in Adolescence
Luca Fumarco, Stijn Baert
revised version published in: Economics & Human Biology [Online Access]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11987
The Returns to Parental Health: Evidence from Indonesia
Dara Lee Luca, David E. Bloom
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11985
Who's Minding the Kids? Experimental Evidence on the Demand for Child Care Quality
James Gordon, Chris M. Herbst, Erdal Tekin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11983
The Income Elasticity of Child Labour: Do Cash Transfers Have an Impact on the Poorest Children?
Luca Pellerano, Eleonora Porreca, Furio C. Rosati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11975
Are Professors Worth It? The Value-added and Costs of Tutorial Instructors
Jan Feld, Nicolás Salamanca, Ulf Zölitz
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2020, (55)3.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11972
Relative Age Effect on European Adolescents' Social Network
Luca Fumarco, Stijn Baert
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization [Online Access]
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