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93 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18159
Shaping Future Success: Evidence from an Early Childhood Human Capital Formation Intervention
Deepak Saraswat, Shwetlena Sabarwal, Lindsey Lacey, Natasha Jha, Nishith Prakash, Rachel Cohen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18086
Adolescent Core Self-Evaluation and Adult Interpersonal Trust: Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study
Anna Adamecz, Hubert János Kiss
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17832
The Effect of Compulsory Education on Non-Cognitive Skills: Evidence from Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Antonia Entorf, Thomas Dohmen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17641
The Only Child
Julius Ilciukas, Petter Lundborg, Erik Plug, Astrid Würtz Rasmussen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17531
The Company You Keep: The Positive Peer Effects of Kindergarten on Learning and Mental Health
Yanan Li, Nidhiya Menon, Naveen Sunder
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17239
Parental Health, Adolescents' Mental Distress and Non-cognitive Skills
Apostolos Davillas, Victor Hugo de Oliveira, Athina Raftopoulou
significantly revised version published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2025, 58, 101506
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17190
The Impact of Children's Access to Public Health Insurance on Their Cognitive Development and Behavior
Marie C. Hull, Ji Yan
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 98, 102935
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17161
Overeducation, Earnings and Job Satisfaction among Graduates in China
Melanie K. Jones, Ezgi Kaya, Jiarui Nan
published in: China Economic Review, 2025, 93, 102448
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17080
Breastfeeding and Child Development Outcomes across Early Childhood and Adolescence: Doubly Robust Estimation with Machine Learning
Md Mohsan Khudri, Andrew Hussey
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16945
Students' Grit and Their Post-compulsory Educational Choices and Trajectories: Evidence from Switzerland
Janine Albiez, Maurizio Strazzeri, Stefan C. Wolter
published online in: , 16 September 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16937
Game Changer: Impact of a Reading Intervention on Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills
Micole De Vera, Javier Garcia-Brazales, Luz Rello
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15985
Do Classical Studies Open Your Mind?
Giorgio Brunello, Piero Esposito, Lorenzo Rocco, Sergio Scicchitano
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15435
The Impact of Centre-Based Childcare on Non-cognitive Skills of Young Children
Greta Morando, Lucinda Platt
published in: Economica, 2022, 356, 908-946
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15318
Effect of Secondary Education on Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills
Jani-Petteri Ollikainen, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Roope Uusitalo, Hanna Virtanen
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2024, 103, 102603
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15104
Fostering Soft Skills in Active Labor Market Programs: Evidence from a Large-Scale RCT
Analia Schlosser, Yannay Shanan
forthcoming in: Journal of Human Resources
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15005
The Impact Evaluation of Vietnam's Escuela Nueva (New School) Program on Students' Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills
Hai-Anh H Dang, Paul Glewwe, Jongwook Lee, Khoa Vu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14675
Is Being Competitive Always an Advantage? Degrees of Competitiveness, Gender, and Premature Work Contract Termination
Samuel Lüthi, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 85, 102457
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14580
Intergenerational Educational Mobility – The Role of Non-cognitive Skills
Anna Adamecz, Morag Henderson, Nikki Shure
published in: Education Economcis, 2024, 32 (1), 59 - 78
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14526
Limited Self-Knowledge and Survey Response Behavior
Armin Falk, Thomas Neuber, Philipp Strack
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14260
Ethnic Mixing in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment and a Structural Model
Vincent Boucher, Semih Tumen, Michael Vlassopoulos, Jackline Wahba, Yves Zenou
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