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614 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14145
Language Training and Refugees' Integration
Jacob Nielsen Arendt, Iben Bolvig, Mette Foged, Linea Hasager, Giovanni Peri
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14144
Gender Norm Conflict and Marital Outcomes
Francisca M. Antman, Priti Kalsi, Soohyung Lee
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14135
The Making and Unmaking of Opportunity: Educational Mobility in 20th Century-Denmark
Kristian B. Karlson, Rasmus Landerso
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14132
Gender Gaps in Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills: Roles of SES and Gender Attitudes
Justine Hervé, Subha Mani, Jere R. Behrman, Arindam Nandi, Anjana Sankhil Lamkang, Ramanan Laxminarayan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14132
Gender Gaps in Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills: Roles of SES and Gender Attitudes
Justine Hervé, Subha Mani, Jere R. Behrman, Arindam Nandi, Anjana Sankhil Lamkang, Ramanan Laxminarayan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14107
Central Exams and Adult Skills: Evidence from PIAAC
Lisa Leschnig, Guido Schwerdt, Katarina Zigova
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14094
Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring and Student Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Michela Carlana, Eliana La Ferrara
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14086
Estimating the Effects of the Minimum Wage Using the Introduction of Indexation
Daiji Kawaguchi, Yuko Mori
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14049
The Causal Impact of Depression on Cognitive Functioning: Evidence from Europe
Vahé Nafilyan, Mauricio Avendano Pabon, Augustin de Coulon
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. 13965
When the Great Equalizer Shuts Down: Schools, Peers, and Parents in Pandemic Times
Francesco Agostinelli, Matthias Doepke, Giuseppe Sorrenti, Fabrizio Zilibotti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13960
The Origins of Cognitive Skills and Non-cognitive Skills: The Long-Term Effect of in-Utero Rainfall Shocks in India
Grace Chang, Marta Favara, Rafael Novella
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13901
Cognitive Skills, Strategic Sophistication, and Life Outcomes
Eduardo Fe, David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13901
Cognitive Skills, Strategic Sophistication, and Life Outcomes
Eduardo Fe, David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13892
Buying Lottery Tickets for Foreign Workers: Search Cost Externalities Induced by H-1B Policy
Rishi Sharma, Chad Sparber
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. 13804
Human Capital Development: New Evidence on the Production of Socio-Emotional Skills
Mark Mitchell, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter, Alan Sanchez
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13780
The Nurture of Nature and the Nature of Nurture: How Genes and Investments Interact in the Formation of Skills
Mikkel Aagaard Houmark, Victor Ronda, Michael Rosholm
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. 13764
The Transition to Self-Employment and Perceived Skill-Mismatches: Panel Data Evidence from Eleven EU Countries
Judit Albiol Sanchez, Luis Diaz-Serrano, Mercedes Teruel
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. 13633
When the Minimum Wage Really Bites Hard: Impact on Top Earners and Skill Supply
Terry Gregory, Ulrich Zierahn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13633
When the Minimum Wage Really Bites Hard: Impact on Top Earners and Skill Supply
Terry Gregory, Ulrich Zierahn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13555
Task Specialization and Cognitive Skills: Evidence from PIAAC and IALS
Marta Martínez Matute, Ernesto Villanueva
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13544
Subsidizing Domestic Services as a Tool to Fight Unemployment: Effectiveness and Hidden Costs
Elisabeth Leduc, Ilan Tojerow
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. 13502
Shoring up Economic Refugees: Venezuelan Migrants in the Ecuadorian Labor Market
Sergio Olivieri, Francesc Ortega, Ana Rivadeneira, Eliana Carranza
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13458
Reading Aloud to Children, Social Inequalities, and Vocabulary Development: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Carlo Barone, Denis Fougère, Karine Martel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13435
Changes in the Forsaken Schooling and Migration Relationship in Tajikistan
Ilhom Abdulloev
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13408
Working at Home in Greece: Unexplored Potential at Times of Social Distancing?
Konstantinos Pouliakas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13393
Recessions and Occupational Match Quality: The Role of Age, Gender, and Education
John T. Addison, Liwen Chen, Orgul Demet Ozturk
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13384
The Global Distribution of Routine and Non-Routine Work
Piotr Lewandowski, Albert Park, Simone Schotte
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13378
Inequality in Personality over the Life Cycle
Miriam Gensowski, Mette Gørtz, Stefanie Schurer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13342
Are Personality Traits Really Fixed and Does It Matter?
Steven Stillman, Malathi Velamuri
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. 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. 13325
Why Didn't the College Premium Rise Everywhere? Employment Protection and On-the-Job Investment in Skills
Matthias Doepke, Ruben Gaetani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13281
EU Jobs at Highest Risk of COVID-19 Social Distancing: Will the Pandemic Exacerbate Labour Market Divide?
Konstantinos Pouliakas, Jiri Branka
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13248
The Graduate Wage and Earnings Premia and the Role of Non-Cognitive Skills
Gerda Buchmueller, Ian Walker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13220
The Regional Anatomy of School Dropouts in Spain: The Role of the Industry Structure of Local Labour Markets
Luis Diaz-Serrano, William Nilsson
(published as "The regional anatomy of youths' educational attainment in Spain: The role of the employment structure in local labour markets", Papers in Regional Science, https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12540
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13206
Investigating the Genetic Architecture of Non-Cognitive Skills Using GWAS-By-Subtraction
Perline A. Demange, Margherita Malanchini, Travis T. Mallard, Pietro Biroli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13194
The Importance of Cognitive Domains and the Returns to Schooling in South Africa: Evidence from Two Labor Surveys
Plamen Nikolov, Nusrat Abedin Jimi
published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65 (August), 101849
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13170
Improving Job Search Skills: A Field Experiment on Online Employment Assistance
Guglielmo Briscese, Giulio Zanella, Veronica Quinn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13161
It Takes a Village: The Economics of Parenting with Neighborhood and Peer Effects
Francesco Agostinelli, Matthias Doepke, Giuseppe Sorrenti, Fabrizio Zilibotti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13141
The Ability Gradient in Bunching
Spencer Bastani, Daniel Waldenström
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13131
Moving from a Poor Economy to a Rich One: The Contradictory Roles of Technology and Job Tasks
Eran Yashiv
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13129
The Effect of Labor Market Conditions at Entry on Workers' Long-Term Skills
Jaime Arellano-Bover
forthcoming in: The Review of Economics and Statistics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13129
The Effect of Labor Market Conditions at Entry on Workers' Long-Term Skills
Jaime Arellano-Bover
forthcoming in: The Review of Economics and Statistics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13124
Inequality in Socio-Emotional Skills: A Cross-Cohort Comparison
Orazio Attanasio, Richard Blundell, Gabriella Conti, Giacomo Mason
Published in: Journal of Public Economics, online 30 March 2020.
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