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The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later published in academic journals. Comprising more than 17,000 papers, IZA's publication flagship is the most influential working paper series in labor economics.

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36 IZA Discussion Papers
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
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. 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. 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. 13739
Happier with Vocational Education?
Giorgio Brunello
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12995
Who Benefits from General Knowledge?
Cristina Bellés Obrero, Emma Duchini
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 85, 102122
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12159
Local Norms Describing the Role of the State and the Private Provision of Training
Andreas Kuhn, Jürg Schweri, Stefan C. Wolter
revised version published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 75, 102226
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12011
The Impact of Dual Apprenticeship Programs on Early Labour Market Outcomes: A Dynamic Approach
Brecht Neyt, Dieter Verhaest, Stijn Baert
revised version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2020, 78, 102022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11734
Labor-Market Returns to Higher Vocational Schooling
Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen, Christopher Jepsen
published as 'Back to School: Labor-market Returns to Higher Vocational Schooling' in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, 101758
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11586
Wages and Employment: The Role of Occupational Skills
Esther Mirjam Girsberger, Miriam Rinawi, Matthias Krapf
published as 'Interpersonal, cognitive, and manual skills: How do they shape employment and wages?' in: Labour Economics, 2022, 78, 102235
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10741
Modeling Enrollment in and Completion of Vocational Education: The Role of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills by Program Type
Leslie S. Stratton, Nabanita Datta Gupta, David Reimer, Anders Holm
published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2018, 18(4), 1-17.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10593
Earnings over the Life Course: General versus Vocational Education
Bart H.H. Golsteyn, Anders Stenberg
published in Journal of Human Capital, 2017, 11(2), 167-212
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10507
Do Vocational High School Graduates Have Better Employment Outcomes than General High School Graduates?
Huzeyfe Torun, Semih Tumen
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2019, 40(8), 1364-1388
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. 10298
Vocational vs. General Education and Employment over the Life-Cycle: New Evidence from PIAAC
Franziska Hampf, Ludger Woessmann
published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2017, 63 (3), 255-269
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