IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9197

Family Shocks and Academic Achievement

Marie C. Hull

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9196

The Effect of Family Size on Education: New Evidence from China's One Child Policy

Laura M. Argys, Susan L. Averett

published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2019, 85 (1), 21 - 42

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9180

Susceptibility to Default Training Options Across the Population

Lex Borghans, Bart H.H. Golsteyn

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 117, 369-379

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9171

Designing Efficient College and Tax Policies

Sebastian Findeisen, Dominik Sachs

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9170

A Signal of Diligence? Student Work Experience and Later Employment Chances

Stijn Baert, Olivier Rotsaert, Dieter Verhaest, Eddy Omey

revised version published as 'Student Employment and Later Labour Market Success: No Evidence for Higher Employment Chances' in: Kyklos, 2016, 69 (3), 401 - 425

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9169

Apply Yourself: Racial and Ethnic Differences in College Application

Sandra E. Black, Kalena E. Cortes, Jane Arnold Lincove

published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2020, 15 (2), 209-240

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9167

Investment over the Business Cycle: Insights from College Major Choice

Erica Blom, Brian C. Cadena, Benjamin J. Keys

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39 (4), 1043–1082

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9165

Children of Migrants: The Impact of Parental Migration on Their Children's Education and Health Outcomes

Xin Meng, Chikako Yamauchi

published as 'Children of Migrants: The Cumulative Impact of Parental Migration on Children's Education and Health Outcomes in China' in: Demography, 2017, 54 (5), 1677-1714

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9141

Health Disparities Across Education: The Role of Differential Reporting Error

John Cawley, Anna Choi

published in: Health Economics, 2018, 27 (3), e1-e29.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9137

The Early Labour Market Effects of Generally and Vocationally Oriented Higher Education: Is There a Trade-off?

Dieter Verhaest, Stijn Baert

revised version published as 'The effects of workplace learning in higher education on employment and match quality: Is there an early-career trade-off?' in: Empirical Economics, 2018, 44, 1229 - 1270

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9131

"A Flop or a Success?" An Evaluation of the Welfare Impacts of the 6-3-3-4 Education System in Nigeria

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9130

Human Capital Quality and Aggregate Income Differences: Development Accounting for U.S. States

Eric A. Hanushek, Jens Ruhose, Ludger Woessmann

published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2017, 9 (4), 184-224

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9129

Financial Constraints and Girls' Secondary Education: Evidence from School Fee Elimination in The Gambia

Moussa Blimpo, Ousman Gajigo, Todd Pugatch

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2019, 33 (1), 185-208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9122

The Information Value of Central School Exams

Guido Schwerdt, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2017, 56, 65-79

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9121

A Big Fish in a Small Pond: Ability Rank and Human Capital Investment

Benjamin Elsner, Ingo E. Isphording

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35(3), 787-828

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9120

Do Wage Expectations Influence the Decision to Enroll in Nursing College?

Jürg Schweri, Joop Hartog

published as 'Do wage expectations predict college enrollment? Evidence from healthcare' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 141, 135 - 150

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9119

Peers' Composition Effects in the Short and in the Long Run: College Major, College Performance and Income

Massimo Anelli, Giovanni Peri

published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (618), 553-602

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9118

The Performance of School Assignment Mechanisms in Practice

Monique de Haan, Pieter A. Gautier, Hessel Oosterbeek, Bas van der Klaauw

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 131 (2), 388 - 455

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9117

What Drives the Reversal of the Gender Education Gap? Evidence from Germany

Regina T. Riphahn, Caroline Schwientek

published in: Applied Economics, 2015, 47 (53), 5748-5775