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IZA Discussion Paper No. 14036
Fear and Loathing in the Classroom: Why Does Teacher Quality Matter?
Michael Insler, Alexander F. McQuoid, Ahmed S. Rahman, Katherine Smith
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14013
The Effect of Education on Geographic Mobility: Incidence, Timing, and Type of Migration
Abdurrahman Aydemir, Murat G. Kirdar, Huzeyfe Torun
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14009
School's Out: Experimental Evidence on Limiting Learning Loss Using "Low-Tech" in a Pandemic
Noam Angrist, Peter Bergman, Moitshepi Matsheng
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14002
Community Influence as an Explanatory Factor Why Roma Children Get Little Schooling
Oded Stark, Ruxanda Berlinschi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14001
Does Education Really Cause Domestic Violence? Replication and Reappraisal of "For Better or For Worse? Education and the Prevalence of Domestic Violence in Turkey"
Pelin Akyol, Murat G. Kirdar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13985
Education and Consanguineous Marriage
Pelin Akyol, Naci Mocan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13982
The Impact of Age-Specific Minimum Wages on Youth Employment and Education: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis
Meltem Dayioglu-Tayfur, Muserref Kucukbayrak, Semih Tumen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13972
Do Inclusive Education Policies Improve Employment Opportunities? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Jorge M. Agüero, Francisco Galarza, Gustavo Yamada
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13970
Problem on the Plains: College Earnings Premiums in Small Metropolitan Areas
John V. Winters
published in: Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy, 2021, 51 (1), 1-13
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13966
The Social Side of Early Human Capital Formation: Using a Field Experiment to Estimate the Causal Impact of Neighborhoods
John A. List, Fatemeh Momeni, Yves Zenou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13954
Revisiting the Causal Effect of Education on Political Participation and Interest
Nadja Bömmel, Guido Heineck
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13944
Long-Lasting Effects of Communist Indoctrination in School: Evidence from Poland
Joan Costa-Font, Jorge Garcia-Hombrados, Anna Nicinska
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13944
Long-Lasting Effects of Communist Indoctrination in School: Evidence from Poland
Joan Costa-Font, Jorge Garcia-Hombrados, Anna Nicinska
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13944
Long-Lasting Effects of Communist Indoctrination in School: Evidence from Poland
Joan Costa-Font, Jorge Garcia-Hombrados, Anna Nicinska
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13918
The Duration of Compulsory Education and the Transition to Secondary Education: Panel Data Evidence from Low-Income Countries
Luis Diaz-Serrano
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13918
The Duration of Compulsory Education and the Transition to Secondary Education: Panel Data Evidence from Low-Income Countries
Luis Diaz-Serrano
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13918
The Duration of Compulsory Education and the Transition to Secondary Education: Panel Data Evidence from Low-Income Countries
Luis Diaz-Serrano
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13918
The Duration of Compulsory Education and the Transition to Secondary Education: Panel Data Evidence from Low-Income Countries
Luis Diaz-Serrano
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13911
The Labor Market Returns to 'First in Family' University Graduates
Anna Adamecz-Völgyi, Morag Henderson, Nikki Shure
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13911
The Labor Market Returns to 'First in Family' University Graduates
Anna Adamecz-Völgyi, Morag Henderson, Nikki Shure
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13901
Cognitive Skills, Strategic Sophistication, and Life Outcomes
Eduardo Fe, David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13881
Mining and Gender Gaps in India
Amanda Guimbeau, James Ji, Nidhiya Menon, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13868
Overeducation, Major Mismatch, and Return to Higher Education Tiers: Evidence from Novel Data Source of a Major Online Recruitment Platform in China
Yanqiao Zheng, Xiaoqi Zhang, Yu Zhu
forthcoming in: China Economic Review, 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13837
Closing the Gap between Vocational and General Education? Evidence from University Technical Colleges in England
Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally, Camille Terrier, Guglielmo Ventura
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13830
Does Test-Based Teacher Recruitment Work in the Developing World? Experimental Evidence from Ecuador
Maria Daniela Araujo, Guido Heineck, Yyannú Cruz-Aguayo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13820
COVID-19 and Educational Inequality: How School Closures Affect Low- and High-Achieving Students
Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann, Larissa Zierow
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13819
Learning at Home: Distance Learning Solutions and Child Development during the COVID-19 Lockdown
Hugues Champeaux, Lucia Mangiavacchi, Francesca Marchetta, Luca Piccoli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13819
Learning at Home: Distance Learning Solutions and Child Development during the COVID-19 Lockdown
Hugues Champeaux, Lucia Mangiavacchi, Francesca Marchetta, Luca Piccoli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13817
Career and Technical Education in High School and Postsecondary Career Pathways in Washington State
James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber, Harry J. Holzer, Natsumi Naito, Zeyu Xu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13817
Career and Technical Education in High School and Postsecondary Career Pathways in Washington State
James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber, Harry J. Holzer, Natsumi Naito, Zeyu Xu
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
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13807
Higher Education Financing and the Educational Aspirations of Teenagers and their Parents
Dan Anderberg, Arnaud Chevalier, Lena Hassani Nezhad, Melanie Lührmann, Ronni Pavan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13807
Higher Education Financing and the Educational Aspirations of Teenagers and their Parents
Dan Anderberg, Arnaud Chevalier, Lena Hassani Nezhad, Melanie Lührmann, Ronni Pavan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13806
Did the Bologna Process Challenge the German Apprenticeship System? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Stephan L. Thomsen, Johannes Trunzer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13806
Did the Bologna Process Challenge the German Apprenticeship System? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Stephan L. Thomsen, Johannes Trunzer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13802
Employment Opportunities and High School Completion during the COVID-19 Recession
Kunwon Ahn, Jun Yeong Lee, John V. Winters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13796
School Selectivity, Peers, and Mental Health
Aline Bütikofer, Rita Ginja, Fanny Landaud, Katrine Vellesen Loken
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13790
School Re-Openings after Summer Breaks in Germany Did Not Increase SARS-CoV-2 Cases
Ingo E. Isphording, Marc Lipfert, Nico Pestel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13771
An Intensive, School-Based Learning Camp Targeting Academic and Non-Cognitive Skills Evaluated in a Randomized Trial
Charlotte Hvidman, Alexander K. Koch, Julia Nafziger, Søren Albeck Nielsen, Michael Rosholm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13770
The Effect of Grade Retention on Adult Crime: Evidence from a Test-Based Promotion Policy
Ozkan Eren, Michael Lovenheim, Naci Mocan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13769
Can Superstition Create a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? School Outcomes of Dragon Children of China
Naci Mocan, Han Yu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13739
Happier with Vocational Education?
Giorgio Brunello
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13732
Nudging Demand for Academic Support Services: Experimental and Structural Evidence from Higher Education
Todd Pugatch, Nicholas Wilson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13729
The Expected (Signaling) Value of Higher Education
Laura Ehrmantraut, Pia Pinger, Renske Stans
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13729
The Expected (Signaling) Value of Higher Education
Laura Ehrmantraut, Pia Pinger, Renske Stans
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13729
The Expected (Signaling) Value of Higher Education
Laura Ehrmantraut, Pia Pinger, Renske Stans
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13726
Returns to Education in the Russian Federation: Some New Estimates
Ekaterina Melianova, Suhas Parandekar, Harry A. Patrinos, Artëm Volgin
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. 13718
Promises and Limitations of Nudging in Education
Philip Oreopoulos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13709
Tuition Fees and Educational Attainment
Jan Bietenbeck, Jan Marcus, Felix Weinhardt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13697
Aspirations, Poverty and Education: Evidence from India
Pieter Serneels, Stefan Dercon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13685
Is There a Link between BMI and Adolescents' Educational Choices and Expectations?
Luis Diaz-Serrano, Alexandrina P. Stoyanova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13644
Hitting Where It Hurts Most: COVID-19 and Low-Income Urban College Students
Núria Rodríguez-Planas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13641
Lost Wages: The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures
George Psacharopoulos, Victoria Collis, Harry A. Patrinos, Emiliana Vegas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13638
The Schooling and Labor Market Effects of Eliminating University Tuition in Ecuador
Teresa Molina, Ivan Rivadeneyra
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13635
Pay Transparency Initiative and Gender Pay Gap: Evidence from Research-Intensive Universities in the UK
Danula K. Gamage, Georgios Kavetsos, Sushanta Mallick, Almudena Sevilla
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13634
Entrepreneurship Education and Teacher Training in Rwanda
Moussa P. Blimpo, Todd Pugatch
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 149, 102583
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13630
Educational Gender Gaps
Shelly Lundberg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13598
Some Children Left Behind: Variation in the Effects of an Educational Intervention
Julie Buhl-Wiggers, Jason Kerwin, Juan Sebastián Muñoz, Jeffrey A. Smith, Rebecca L. Thornton
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13594
Education, Spatial Disparities in Schooling and Black-White Interracial Marriage
Deniz Gevrek, Z. Eylem Gevrek
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13592
A Second Chance? Labor Market Returns to Adult Education Using School Reforms
Patrick Bennett, Richard Blundell, Kjell G. Salvanes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13592
A Second Chance? Labor Market Returns to Adult Education Using School Reforms
Patrick Bennett, Richard Blundell, Kjell G. Salvanes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13573
Pension Information and Women's Awareness
Marta Angelici, Daniela Del Boca, Noemi Oggero, Paola Profeta, Maria Cristina Rossi, Claudia Villosio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13564
The Bottom 20%: Early Career Paths of Adolescents with Low GPA
Jörgen Hansen, Nicolai Kristensen, Henrik Lindegaard Andersen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13563
Obstacles on the Road to School: The Impacts of Mobility Restrictions on Educational Performance
Sami H. Miaari, Ines Lee
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13561
Caught in the Cycle: Economic Conditions at Enrollment and Labor Market Outcomes of College Graduates
Alena Bicakova, Matias Cortes, Jacopo Mazza
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13558
A Closer Look: Proximity Boosts Homeless Student Performance in New York City
Michael T. Cassidy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13555
Task Specialization and Cognitive Skills: Evidence from PIAAC and IALS
Marta Martínez Matute, Ernesto Villanueva
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13550
Occupational Dualism and Intergenerational Educational Mobility in the Rural Economy: Evidence from China and India
M. Shahe Emran, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Yajing Jiang, Yan Sun
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13534
Labor Market Returns to a Prison GED
Rajeev Darolia, Peter R. Mueser, Jacob Cronin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13525
Driven to Succeed? Teenagers' Drive, Ambition and Performance on High-Stakes Examinations
John Jerrim, Nikki Shure, Gill Wyness
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13519
Fathers Matter: Intra-Household Responsibilities and Children's Wellbeing during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy
Lucia Mangiavacchi, Luca Piccoli, Luca Pieroni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13508
Long-Run Returns to Field of Study in Secondary School
Gordon B. Dahl, Dan-Olof Rooth, Anders Stenberg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13489
Promoting Female Interest in Economics: Limits to Nudges
Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13487
Did Medicaid Expansion Reduce Medical Divorce?
David Slusky, Donna K. Ginther
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13475
Biased Beliefs and Entry into Scientific Careers
Ina Ganguli, Patrick Gaule, Danijela Vuletić Čugalj
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13441
Family Disadvantage, Gender and the Returns to Genetic Human Capital
Victor Ronda, Esben Agerbo, Dorthe Bleses, Preben Bo Mortensen, Anders Børglum, David M. Hougaard, Ole Mors, Merete Nordentoft, Thomas Werge, Michael Rosholm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13435
Changes in the Forsaken Schooling and Migration Relationship in Tajikistan
Ilhom Abdulloev
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13433
Refugees and the Educational Attainment of Natives
Colin P. Green, Jon Marius Vaag Iversen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13416
Are Older Workers Willing to Learn?
Jens Ruhose, Stephan L. Thomsen, Insa Weilage
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13405
Here Comes the Rain Again: Productivity Shocks, Educational Investments and Child Work
Christophe Jalil Nordman, Smriti Sharma, Naveen Sunder
forthcoming in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13404
Changes in Female Employment in Mexico: Demographics, Economics, and Policies
Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Samuel Freije-Rodriguez, Mexico Alberto Vergara Bahena, Diego Cardozo Medeiros
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13402
Less School (Costs), More (Female) Education? Lessons from Egypt Reducing Years of Compulsory Schooling
Ahmed Elsayed, Olivier Marie
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13387
Mentoring and Schooling Decisions: Causal Evidence
Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Pia Pinger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13385
From Pink-Collar to Lab Coat: Cultural Persistence and Diffusion of Socialist Gender Norms
Naomi Friedman-Sokuler, Claudia Senik
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13382
Marginal College Wage Premiums under Selection into Employment
Matthias Westphal, Daniel A. Kamhöfer, Hendrik Schmitz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13371
Religion in Economic History: A Survey
Sascha O. Becker, Jared Rubin, Ludger Woessmann
forthcoming in: Handbook of Historical Economics, ed. by Alberto Bisin and Giovanni Federico
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13362
Gender Gap in Intergenerational Educational Persistence: Can Compulsory Schooling Reduce It?
Merve Demirel, Cagla Okten
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13356
Reconciling Changes in Wage Inequality with Changes in College Selectivity Using a Behavioral Model
Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13343
Family Background and the Responses to Higher SAT Scores
Georg Graetz, Björn Öckert, Oskar Nordström Skans
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13343
Family Background and the Responses to Higher SAT Scores
Georg Graetz, Björn Öckert, Oskar Nordström Skans
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13338
The Impact of Working Memory Training on Children's Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills
Eva M. Berger, Ernst Fehr, Henning Hermes, Daniel Schunk, Kirsten Winkel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13305
Centralized Admission Systems and School Segregation: Evidence from a National Reform
Macarena Kutscher, Shanjukta Nath, Sergio Urzua
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13299
How Gender and Prior Disadvantage Predict Performance in College
Judith Delaney, Paul J. Devereux
published in: Economic and Social Review, 2020, 51(2), Summer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13299
How Gender and Prior Disadvantage Predict Performance in College
Judith Delaney, Paul J. Devereux
published in: Economic and Social Review, 2020, 51(2), Summer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13279
The Evolution of the US Family Income-Schooling Relationship and Educational Selectivity
Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen
forthcoming in: Journal of Applied Econometrics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13276
Keeping Kids in School and Out of Work: Compulsory Schooling and Child Labor in Turkey
Meltem Dayioglu-Tayfur, Murat G. Kirdar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13261
The Impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. Child Care Market: Evidence from Stay-At-Home Orders
Umair Ali, Chris M. Herbst, Christos A. Makridis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13251
Choosing Differently? College Application Behavior and the Persistence of Educational Advantage
Judith Delaney, Paul J. Devereux
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2020, 77, 101998
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