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150 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17515
Patterns in State Funding of Public Higher Education: Demography, Ideology, Educational Attainment, and Trends
Gerhard Glomm, Manu Raghav
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17027
Immigrant Overeducation across Generations: The Role of Gender and Part-Time Work
Kevin Pineda-Hernández, François Rycx, Mélanie Volral
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2025, 77 (2), 445-465
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16946
The Rate of Return to Early Childhood Education in Japan: Estimates from the Nationwide Expansion
Hideo Akabayashi, Ryuichi Tanaka
published in: Education Economics, 2024, 32 (5), 581-598
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16931
Keeping It in the Family: Student to Degree Match
Richard J. Murphy, Pedro Luís Silva
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16773
Competitive Effects of Charter Schools
David N. Figlio, Cassandra M. D. Hart, Krzysztof Karbownik
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16713
What Works and for Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments across the U.S.
Barbara Biasi, Julien Lafortune, David Schönholzer
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 18 February 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16698
The Gendered Impact of In-State Tuition Policies on Undocumented Immigrants' College Enrollment, Graduation, and Employment
Susan L. Averett, Cynthia Bansak, Grace Condon, Eva Dziadula
published online in: Journal on Migration and Human Security, 12 November 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16628
Gender Gaps in Financial Literacy: A Multi-Arm RCT to Break the Response Bias in Surveys
Laura Hospido, Nagore Iriberri, Margarita Machelett
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16444
The G.I. Bill and Underemployment
Ciprian Domnisoru
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16301
The Profit Motive in the Classroom - Friend or Foe?
Niklas Elert, Magnus Henrekson
published online in: Journal of School Choice, 25 May 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16155
Maternal Life Satisfaction and Child Development from Toddlerhood to Adolescence
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Jonas Jessen, C. Katharina Spieß
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15915
Returns to School Spending in Rural America: Evidence from Wisconsin's Sparsity Aid Program
Riley Acton, Cody Orr, Salem Rogers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15874
Taking It to the Limit: Effects of Increased Student Loan Availability on Attainment, Earnings, and Financial Well-Being
Sandra E. Black, Jeffrey T. Denning, Lisa J. Dettling, Sarena Goodman, Lesley J. Turner
published in: American Economic Review, 2024, 113 (12), 3357–3400
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15696
VOG: Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Impact of Air Pollution on Student Learning Outcomes
Timothy J. Halliday, Lester Lusher, Rachel Inafuku, Aureo de Paula
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15320
Public Higher Education Costs and College Enrollment
Taylor Delaney, Dave E. Marcotte
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15319
What Drives Demand for Private Tutoring in the Middle East and North Africa Region? Evidence from a Youth Survey
Ali Fakih, Nathir Haimoun, Anastasia Sleiman
published in: African Development Review, 2022, 34 (2), 268-279
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15253
A Study of the Chinese Gender Gap in Financial Literacy
Alison Preston, Lili Qiu, Robert E. Wright
published as 'Understanding the gender gap in financial literacy: The role of culture' in: Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2024, 58 (1), 146-176
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15061
Pell Grants and Labor Supply: Evidence from a Regression Kink
Michael S. Kofoed
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14991
Income Contingency and the Electorate's Support for Tuition
Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14806
Does Gender Matter? The Effect of High Performing Peers on Academic Performances
Francesca Modena, Enrico Rettore, Giulia Tanzi
published as 'Asymmetries in the gender effect of high-performing peers: Evidence from tertiary education' in: Labour Economics, 2022, 78, 102225
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14759
Preferences, Financial Literacy, and Economic Development
Maddalena Davoli, Núria Rodríguez-Planas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14686
From Subsidies to Loans: The Effects of a National Student Finance Reform on the Choices of Secondary School Students
Alexandra de Gendre, Jan Kabátek
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14652
College Credit on the Table? Advanced Placement Course and Exam Taking
Ishtiaque Fazlul, Todd R. Jones, Jonathan Smith
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14552
The Effect of School Voucher Spending on Initial Earnings
Juan A. Correa, Francisco Parro, Rafael Sánchez
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14423
When Need Meets Merit: The Effect of Increasing Merit Requirements in Need-Based Student Aid
Tommaso Agasisti, Massimiliano Bratti, Veronica Minaya
revised version published in: European Economics review, 2022, 146, 104164
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14386
Earnings Information and Public Preferences for University Tuition: Evidence from Representative Experiments
Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 226, 104968
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14368
A Generation of Italian Economists
Enrico Nano, Ugo Panizza, Martina Viarengo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14342
Effects of Scaling up Private School Choice Programs on Public School Students
David N. Figlio, Cassandra M. D. Hart, Krzysztof Karbownik
published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023, 15 (4), 255-294
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14313
Gaining, Losing, and Regaining Merit-Based Scholarships
David C. Ribar, Ross Rubenstein
published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2023, 18 (4), 597–622
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14240
Do More School Resources Increase Learning Outcomes? Evidence from an Extended School-Day Reform
Jorge M. Aguero, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter, Alan Sanchez
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14113
COVID-19 and College Academic Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis
Núria Rodríguez-Planas
substantially revised version published as 'COVID-19, College Academic Performance, and the Flexible Grading Policy: A Longitudinal Analysis' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 207, 104606
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13919
Parental Resources and College Attendance: Evidence from Lottery Wins
George Bulman, Robert W. Fairlie, Sarena Goodman, Adam Isen
published in: American Economic Review, 2021, 111 (4), 1201–1240
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13849
The Effects of Financial Aid Loss on Persistence and Graduation: A Multi-Dimensional Regression Discontinuity Approach
Todd R. Jones, Daniel Kreisman, Ross Rubenstein, Cynthia Searcy, Rachana Bhatt
published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2022, 17 (2), 206–231.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13807
Higher Education Financing and the Educational Aspirations of Teenagers and their Parents
Dan Anderberg, Arnaud Chevalier, Lena Hassani Nezhad, Melanie Lührmann, Ronni Pavan
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 85, 102175
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13709
Tuition Fees and Educational Attainment
Jan Bietenbeck, Jan Marcus, Felix Weinhardt
revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2023, 154, 104431
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13644
Hitting Where It Hurts Most: COVID-19 and Low-Income Urban College Students
Núria Rodríguez-Planas
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2022, 87, 102233
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13349
Culture and Adult Financial Literacy: Evidence from the United States
Maddalena Davoli, Núria Rodríguez-Planas
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2020, 78, 102013
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13096
Estimating the Value of Higher Education Financial Aid: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Christian Belzil, Arnaud Maurel, Modibo Sidibé
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021,39 (2), 361-395.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13079
Mothers Working during Preschool Years and Child Skills. Does Income Compensate?
Cheti Nicoletti, Kjell G. Salvanes, Emma Tominey
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, 41 (2), 389–429
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12958
Hope for the Family: The Effects of College Costs on Maternal Labor Supply
Breno Braga, Olga Malkova
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2024, 22 (1), 230-262
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12886
The Effect of Grants on University Drop-Out Rates: Evidence on the Italian Case
Francesca Modena, Enrico Rettore, Giulia Tanzi
published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2020, 14 (3), 343 - 370
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12749
Information Provision and Preferences for Education Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments in Three Countries
Maria Alejandra Cattaneo, Philipp Lergetporer, Guido Schwerdt, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 63, 101876
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12698
Does a Day Lost Equal Dollars Saved? The Effects of Four-Day School Weeks on School District Expenditures
Paul N. Thompson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12663
Job Insecurity, Debt Burdens and Individual Health
Maite Blázquez Cuesta, Santiago Budría, Ana I. Moro-Egido
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2021, 67 (4), 872-899.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12239
Maxed Out? The Effect of Larger Student Loan Limits on Borrowing and Education Outcomes
Jeffrey T. Denning, Todd R. Jones
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 56 (4), 1113-1140
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12175
The Political Economy of Higher Education Finance: How Information and Design Affect Public Preferences for Tuition
Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann
now IZA Discussion Papers 14386 and 14991
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. 12053
University Tuition Fees and High School Students' Educational Intentions
Michael Bahrs, Thomas Siedler
published in: Fiscal Studies, 2019, 40 (2), 117-147
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11968
Why is Math Cheaper than English? Understanding Cost Differences in Higher Education
Steven W. Hemelt, Kevin Stange, Fernando Furquim, Andrew Simon, John E. Sawyer
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39(2), 397-435
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11842
The Role of Parental Wealth and Income in Financing Children's College Attendance and Its Consequences
V. Joseph Hotz, Emily Wiemers, Joshua Rasmussen, Kate Maxwell Koegel
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (6), 1850-1880
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