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77 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18272
Smart Skilling: Experimental Evidence on Vocational Training Design
Farzana Afridi, Tanu Gupta, Rachel Heath, Kanika Mahajan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18248
Expertise at Work: New Technologies, New Skills, and Worker Impacts
Anna Salomons, Cäcilia vom Baur, Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18134
Vocational Education, Earnings and Job Satisfaction in Europe
Seamus McGuinness, Lorcan Kelly, Anne Devlin, Adele Whelan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17025
Returns to Education in Australia 2001-2022
Andrew Leigh
published in: Economic Papers, 2025, 44 (1), 62-76
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16957
Does Vocational Education Pay off in China? Evidence from City-Level Education Supply Shocks
Li Dai, Pedro S. Martins
published in: Economic Modelling, 2024, 140, 106863
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16955
Are Parents an Obstacle to Gender-Atypical Occupational Choices?
Stefan C. Wolter, Thea Zöllner
forthcoming in: Journal of Population Economics, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16705
The Role of Trainee Selection in the Effectiveness of Vocational Training: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Nepal
Shyamal Chowdhury, Syed Hasan, Uttam Sharma
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16688
Does Dual Vocational Education and Training Pay Off?
Samuel Bentolila, Antonio Cabrales, Marcel Jansen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16474
Can Vocational Education Improve Schooling and Labour Outcomes? Evidence from a Large Expansion
João R. Ferreira, Pedro S. Martins
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16296
Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce "Backway" Migration from The Gambia?
Tijan L. Bah, Catia Batista, Flore Gubert, David McKenzie
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 165, 103153.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16149
Higher Education Opportunity and the Choice of Vocational vs. Academic High School
Chunbing Xing, Yan Sun, Chuliang Luo
published in: China Economic Quarterly International, 2023, 3, 119–131
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15902
Train Drain? Access to Foreign Workers and Firms' Provision of Training
Maria Esther Oswald-Egg, Michael Siegenthaler
published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 85, 102436
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15694
IT Skills, Occupation Specificity and Job Separations
Christian Eggenberger, Uschi Backes-Gellner
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 92, 102333
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15687
Education Expansion and High-Skill Job Opportunities for Workers: Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats?
Tobias Schultheiss, Curdin Pfister, Ann-Sophie Gnehm, Uschi Backes-Gellner
published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 82, 102354
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15409
Labour Market Effects of Digital Matching Platforms: Experimental Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Sam Jones, Kunal Sen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15176
Sometimes It Works! The Effect of a Reform of the Short Vocational Track on School-to-Work Transition
Simona Lorena Comi, Mara Grasseni, Federica Origo
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2022, 43 (7),1601 -1619
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14445
Does Vocational Education Pay Better, or Worse, Than Academic Education?
Jie Chen, Francesco Pastore
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14427
Can Information about Jobs Improve the Effectiveness of Vocational Training? Experimental Evidence from India
Bhaskar Chakravorty, Wiji Arulampalam, Apurav Yash Bhatiya, Clement Imbert, Roland Rathelot
This version: April 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13772
Long-Term Effects of Individual Placement and Support Services for Disability Benefits Recipients with Severe Mental Illnesses
Marloes De Graaf-Zijl, Marcel Spijkerman, Wim Zwinkels
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13739
Happier with Vocational Education?
Giorgio Brunello
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