IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin, and L. Woessmann (eds.), Handbook in Economics of Education, Vol. 3, North Holland: 2010, pp. 201-247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5000

The Crime Reducing Effect of Education

Stephen Machin, Olivier Marie, Suncica Vujic

revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2011, 121 (552), 463-484.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4999

The Impact of Teacher Subject Knowledge on Student Achievement: Evidence from Within-Teacher Within-Student Variation

Johannes Metzler, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 99 (2), 486 - 496

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4991

Widening Participation in Higher Education: Analysis Using Linked Administrative Data

Haroon Chowdry, Claire Crawford, Lorraine Dearden, Alissa Goodman, Anna Vignoles

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2013, 176 (2), 431–457

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4985

Immigration Background and the Intergenerational Correlation in Education

Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Trong-Ha Nguyen

published in: Economic Record, 2012, 88 (283), D 554-575

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. 4978

Is Universal Child Care Leveling the Playing Field? Evidence from Non-Linear Difference-in-Differences

Tarjei Havnes, Magne Mogstad

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 127, 100–114

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4975

The GED

James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Nicholas S. Mader

published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin and S. Woessman (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Education, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011, Chapter 9, 423-483

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4974

China's Higher Education Expansion and its Labor Market Consequences

Shi Li, Chunbing Xing

published with S. Li and J. Whalley as'`China’s Higher Education Expansion and Unemployment of College Graduates' in: China Economic Review, 2014, 30: 567–582

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4969

School Responsiveness to Quality Rankings: An Empirical Analysis of Secondary Education in the Netherlands

Pierre Koning, Karen van der Wiel

revised version published in: De Economist, 2012, 160 (4), 339-355

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4968

Mentoring, Educational Services, and Economic Incentives: Longer-Term Evidence on Risky Behaviors from a Randomized Trial

Núria Rodríguez-Planas

substantially revised version published as 'Longer-Term Impacts of Mentoring, Educational Services, and Learning Incentives: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the United States' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (4), 121 - 139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4954

Mother or Motherland: Can a Government Have an Impact on Educational Attainment of the Population? Preliminary Evidence from India

Sumon K. Bhaumik, Manisha Chakrabarty

published as 'Educational Attainment in India: What Drives Transition' in: ICRA's Bulletin: Money & Finance, February 2013, 95 -112

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4951

Quotas and Quality: The Effect of H-1B Visa Restrictions on the Pool of Prospective Undergraduate Students from Abroad

Takao Kato, Chad Sparber

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95 (1), 109-126

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4946

Under Pressure? The Effect of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults

Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 31 (1) 2013, 119-153