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IZA Discussion Paper No. 16079
The Increasing Penalty to Occupation-Education Mismatch
Hugh Cassidy, Amanda Gaulke
revised version published in Economic Inquiry, 2024, 62 (2), 607–632.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16078
Shifts in Composition of Jobs: Upgrading, Downgrading or Polarization? The Case of Russia 2000-2019
Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16069
The Women Empowering Effect of Higher Education
Ahmed Elsayed, Alina Shirshikova
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 163, 103101
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16065
Unexpected Colonial Returns: Self-Selection and Economic Integration of Migrants over Multiple Generations
Anne C. Gielen, Dinand Webbink
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16050
Transitory Earnings Opportunities and Educational Scarring of Men
Jósef Sigurdsson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16043
Africa's Industrialization Prospects: A Fresh Look
Wim Naudé, Fiona Tregenna
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16040
Exposure to War and Its Labor Market Consequences over the Life Cycle
Sebastian Till Braun, Jan Stuhler
forthcoming in: Journal of Economic History, 2026
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15997
Robots and Workers: Evidence from the Netherlands
Daron Acemoglu, Hans R.A. Koster, Ceren Ozgen
forthcoming in: Journal of Labor Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15992
Changing Tracks: Human Capital Investment after Loss of Ability
Anders Humlum, Jakob R. Munch, Pernille Plato
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15979
The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity
Cavit Baran, Eric Chyn, Bryan Andrew Stuart
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2024, 16 (3), 354–e98
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15965
Home Bias in Top Economics Journals
Dirk Bethmann, Felix Bransch, Michael Kvasnicka, Abdolkarim Sadrieh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15964
Does the Closeness of Peers Matter? An Investigation Using Online Training Platform Data and Survey Data
Xin Gu, Haizheng Li
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15957
How Middle-Skilled Workers Adjust to Immigration: The Role of Occupational Skill Specificity
Damiano Pregaldini, Uschi Backes-Gellner
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2024, 45 (8), 1607–16254
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15950
Language Proficiency and Hiring of Immigrants: Evidence from a New Field Experimental Approach
Magnus Carlsson, Stefan Eriksson, Dan-Olof Rooth
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15948
Women's Work, Social Norms and the Marriage Market
Farzana Afridi, Abhishek Arora, Diva Dhar, Kanika Mahajan
forthcoming in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15945
Intergenerational and Sibling Spillovers in High School Majors
Gordon B. Dahl, Dan-Olof Rooth, Anders Stenberg
published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16 (3), 133–173
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15943
Earnings Penalty of Educational Mismatch: A Comparison of Alternative Methods of Assessing Over-Education
Le Wen, Sholeh A. Maani
published in: New Zealand Economic Papers, 2022, 56 (2), 169–194.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15940
Long-Term Effects of Rainfall Shocks on Foundational Cognitive Skills: Evidence from Peru
Nicolas Pazos, Marta Favara, Alan Sanchez, Douglas Scott, Jere R. Behrman
published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2024, 54, 101407
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15936
Advanced Digital Technologies and Investment in Employee Training: Complements or Substitutes?
Giorgio Brunello, Désirée Rückert, Christoph T. Weiss, Patricia Wruuck
forthcoming in: Journal of Human Capital, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15926
When You Can't Afford to Wait for a Job: The Role of Time Discounting for Own-Account Workers in Developing Countries
Thiago Scarelli, David N. Margolis
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