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35 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17994
Built, Not Born: How Education Predicts Billionaire Wealth
Michael Jan Kendzia, Tomas Neville, Maya Gadgil
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17934
The Inequality and Mobility of Exposure to European Soviet Communism
Joan Costa-Font, Anna Nicinska, Melcior Rossello Roig
published online in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 28 August 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17652
Levelling the Playing Field? SES Differences in Graduate Degree Choices
Judith M. Delaney, Paul J. Devereux
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17407
The Role of Social Mobility Experience in Zero-Sum Beliefs
Kelly J. Liu, Alois Stutzer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17366
English Language Premium in a Marriage Market: Experimental Evidence from Delhi
Tomohisa Miyamoto, Arjun S. Bedi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16851
School Starting Age and the Social Gradient in Educational Outcomes
Yuejun Zhao, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
published online in: Education Economics, 09 April 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16290
Are the Upwardly-Mobile More Left-Wing?
Andrew E. Clark, Maria Cotofan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16194
The Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty in High-Income Countries
Zachary Parolin, Rafael Pintro Schmitt, Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Peter Fallesen
published as 'Intergenerational persistence of poverty in five high-income countries' in: Nature Human Behaviour, 2025, 9, 254–267
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15672
Parenting Promotes Social Mobility Within and Across Generations
Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman
published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2023, 15, 349 - 388
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15560
First Generation Elite: The Role of School Networks
Sarah Cattan, Kjell G. Salvanes, Emma Tominey
forthcoming in: American Economic Review
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15225
Educational Inequality
Jo Blanden, Matthias Doepke, Jan Stuhler
published in: E. A. Hanushek, S. Machin, L. Woessmann (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Education, Amsterdam and Oxford, 2023, 6, 405-497
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14857
Are Student-Athletes Exploited?
James J. Heckman, Colleen P. Loughlin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14640
Selective Schooling Has Not Promoted Social Mobility in England
Franz Buscha, Emma Gorman, Patrick Sturgis
published as 'Selective schooling and social mobility in England' in: Labour Economics, 2023, 81, 102336
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14584
Athletes Greatly Benefit from Participation in Sports at the College and Secondary Level
James J. Heckman, Colleen P. Loughlin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14575
The Lasting Effects of Early Childhood Education on Promoting the Skills and Social Mobility of Disadvantaged African Americans
Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman, Victor Ronda
published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 131 (6), 1477 - 1506
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14185
Lessons from Denmark about Inequality and Social Mobility
James J. Heckman, Rasmus Landersø
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13437
Spatial and Social Mobility in England and Wales: Moving Out to Move On?
Franz Buscha, Emma Gorman, Patrick Sturgis
published as 'Spatial and social mobility in England and Wales: a sub-national analysis of differences and trends over time' in: British Journal of Sociology, 2021, 72 (5), 1378 - 1393
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12893
Pathways of Disadvantage: Unpacking the Intergenerational Correlation in Welfare
Melisa Bubonya, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 80, 102066
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12086
The Effects of Status Mobility and Group Identity on Trust
Rémi Suchon, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 163, 430-463
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11684
The Golden Middle Class Neighborhood: Trends in Residential Segregation and Consequences for Offspring Outcomes
Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
revised version published as 'Are Richer Neighborhoods Always Better for the Kids?' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2023, 23 (3), 629–651
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