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41 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16591
The (Un)Importance of School Assignment
Nadine Ketel, Hessel Oosterbeek, Sandor Sovago, Bas van der Klaauw
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16584
Gender Differences in High School Choices: Do Math and Language Skills Play a Role?
Dalit Contini, Maria Laura Di Tommaso, Anna Maccagnan, Silvia Mendolia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16301
The Profit Motive in the Classroom - Friend or Foe?
Niklas Elert, Magnus Henrekson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16168
Perceived Ability and School Choices: Experimental Evidence and Scale-up Effects
Matteo Bobba, Veronica Frisancho, Marco Pariguana
This paper is an updated version of IZA DP No. 10360 (2016).
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16064
Should You Meet the Parents? The Impact of Information on Non-test Score Attributes on School Choice
Elisa Facchetti, Lorenzo Neri, Marco Ovidi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15985
Do Classical Studies Open Your Mind?
Giorgio Brunello, Piero Esposito, Lorenzo Rocco, Sergio Scicchitano
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15756
Does It Pay to Attend More Selective High Schools? Regression Discontinuity Evidence from China
Bin Huang, Bo Li, Ian Walker, Yu Zhu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15330
School Choice and Higher Education Attainment
Diana Alessandrini, Joniada Milla
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14581
Teacher Compensation and Structural Inequality: Evidence from Centralized Teacher School Choice in Perú
Matteo Bobba, Tim Ederer, Gianmarco Leon-Ciliotta, Christopher A. Neilson, Marco Nieddu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14342
Effects of Scaling up Private School Choice Programs on Public School Students
David N. Figlio, Cassandra M. D. Hart, Krzysztof Karbownik
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. 13464
School Choice Design, Risk Aversion, and Cardinal Segregation
Caterina Calsamiglia, Francisco Martínez-Mora, Antonio Miralles
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13167
Heterogeneous Effects of Missing out on a Place at a Preferred Secondary School in England
Emma Gorman, Ian Walker
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 81, 102082
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13007
Education for All? A Nationwide Audit Study of School Choice
Peter Bergman, Isaac McFarlin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12927
The Effects of Student Composition on Teacher Turnover: Evidence from an Admission Reform
Krzysztof Karbownik
Economics of Education Review, 2020, 75, 101960
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12459
Good Schools or Good Students? The Importance of Selectivity for School Rankings
Aedin Doris, Donal O'Neill, Olive Sweetman
published in: Oxford Review of Education, 2022, 48 (6), 804 - 826
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. 11420
Minimum Age Requirements and the Impact of School Choice
Julio Cáceres-Delpiano, Eugenio Giolito
published online as 'Minimum age requirements and the role of the school choice set ' in: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 30 August 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10971
Improving Learning Outcomes through Information Provision: Evidence from Indian Villages
Farzana Afridi, Bidisha Barooah, Rohini Somanathan
edited version published as 'Improving Learning Outcomes through Information Provision: Experimental Evidence from Indian Villages' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 146, 102276
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10569
Religious Pluralism and the Transmission of Religious Values through Education
Danny Cohen-Zada, Todd E. Elder
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10506
High School Track Choice and Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from Urban Mexico
Ciro Avitabile, Matteo Bobba, Marco Pariguana
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10360
Learning about Oneself: The Effects of Performance Feedback on School Choice
Matteo Bobba, Veronica Frisancho
Updated version available as DP 16168.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10135
Does Private Schooling Increase Adult Earnings? Cohort-Level Evidence for U.S. States
Reilee L. Berger, John V. Winters
published in: Review of Regional Studies, 2016, 46 (3), 281-294
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9960
The Value of Private Schools: Evidence from Pakistan
Pedro Carneiro, Jishnu Das, Hugo Reis
revised version published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, September 27 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9118
The Performance of School Assignment Mechanisms in Practice
Monique de Haan, Pieter A. Gautier, Hessel Oosterbeek, Bas van der Klaauw
forthcoming in: Journal of Political Economy, 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8371
Parental Preferences for Primary School Characteristics
Lex Borghans, Bart H.H. Golsteyn, Ulf Zölitz
published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (Contributions), 2015, 15(1), 85–117
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8202
The Illusion of School Choice: Empirical Evidence from Barcelona
Caterina Calsamiglia, Maia Güell
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7898
The Short- and Long-Term Effects of School Choice on Student Outcomes: Evidence from a School Choice Reform in Sweden
Verena Wondratschek, Karin Edmark, Markus Frölich
published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 111/112, 71-102
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7642
Open Enrolment and Student Achievement
Jane Friesen, Benjamin Cerf Harris, Simon D. Woodcock
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7230
Immigrant Concentration in Schools: Consequences for Native and Migrant Students
Nicole Schneeweis
published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 35, 63-76
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6883
What Determines Religious School Choice? Theory and Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah, Rupa Chakrabarti, Nazmul Chaudhury
published in: Bulletin of Economic Research, 2015, 67(2), 186–207
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6683
Independent Schools and Long-Run Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Sweden's Large Scale Voucher Reform
Anders Böhlmark, Mikael Lindahl
published in: Economica, 2015, 82(327), 508-551
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6135
Reforms, Growth and Persistence of Gender Gap: Recent Evidence from Private School Enrolment in India
Pushkar Maitra, Sarmistha Pal, Anurag Sharma
revised version forthcoming as 'Economic Reforms and Growth of Private School Enrolment in India: Is There a Cause for Concern?' in: Sonalde Desai, Pallavi Choudhuri, and Amaresh Dubey (eds.), India's Social and Economic Transformation in the 21st Century, Routledge
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5839
The Effectiveness of English Secondary Schools for Pupils of Different Ability Levels
Lorraine Dearden, John Micklewright, Anna Vignoles
published in: Fiscal Studies, 2011, 32(2), 225-244
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5528
Scale Economies Can Offset the Benefits of Competition: Evidence from a School Consolidation Reform in a Universal Voucher System
Monique de Haan, Edwin Leuven, Hessel Oosterbeek
published as "School Consolidation and Student Achievement", in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2016.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4984
Ranking the Schools: How Quality Information Affects School Choice in the Netherlands
Pierre Koning, Karen van der Wiel
revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11 (2), 466–493
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4788
Does Immigration Induce 'Native Flight' from Public Schools? Evidence from a Large Scale Voucher Program
Christer Gerdes
published in: The Annals of Regional Science, 2013, 50, 645-666
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4632
Does Public Information about School Quality Lead to Flight from Low-Achieving Schools?
Jane Friesen, Mohsen Javdani, Simon D. Woodcock
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4572
Public Infrastructure, Location of Private Schools and Primary School Attainment in an Emerging Economy
Sarmistha Pal
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29 (5), 783-794
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2728
Urban Density and Pupil Attainment
Stephen Gibbons, Olmo Silva
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 63 (1), 631-650
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1391
Single Motherhood and (Un)Equal Educational Opportunities: Evidence for Germany
Philippe Mahler, Rainer Winkelmann
published in: Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik, 2006, 313, 39-54.
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