IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15560

First Generation Elite: The Role of School Networks

Sarah Cattan, Kjell G. Salvanes, Emma Tominey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15456

COVID-19 and the Gender Gap in University Student Performance

Massimiliano Bratti, Enrico Lippo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15378

Sitting Next to a Dropout: Academic Success of Students with More Educated Peers

Daniel Goller, Andrea Diem, Stefan C. Wolter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15354

Excellence for All? University Honors Programs and Human Capital Formation

Todd Pugatch, Paul N. Thompson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15271

Specialists or All-Rounders: How Best to Select University Students?

Pedro Luís Silva

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14806

Does Gender Matter? The Effect of High Performing Peers on Academic Performances

Francesca Modena, Enrico Rettore, Giulia Tanzi

published online as 'Asymmetries in the gender effect of high-performing peers: Evidence from tertiary education' in: Labour Economics, July 8 2022,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14651

Study Abroad Programmes and Students' Academic Performance: Evidence from Erasmus Applications

Silvia Granato, Enkelejda Havari, Gianluca Mazzarella, Sylke V. Schnepf

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14462

Graduating from a Less Selective University during a Recession: Evidence from Mobility Report Cards and Employer Recruiting

Russell Weinstein

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. 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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13721

First in Their Families at University: Can Non-cognitive Skills Compensate for Social Origin?

Rebecca Edwards, Rachael Gibson, Colm P. Harmon, Stefanie Schurer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13685

Is There a Link between BMI and Adolescents' Educational Choices and Expectations?

Luis Diaz-Serrano, Alexandrina P. Stoyanova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13364

Breadth of University Curriculum and Labor Market Outcomes

Kelvin Seah, Jessica Pan, Poh Lin Tan

published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, Article 101873

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13157

Are Universities Important for Explaining Unequal Participation in Student Mobility? A Comparison between Germany, Hungary, Italy and the UK

Sylke V. Schnepf, Elena Bastianelli, Zsuzsa Blaskó

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. 12601

Delayed Graduation and University Dropout: A Review of Theoretical Approaches

Carmen Aina, Eliana Baici, Giorgia Casalone, Francesco Pastore

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12588

'First in Family' University Graduates in England

Morag Henderson, Nikki Shure, Anna Adamecz-Völgyi

published in: Oxford Review of Education, 2020, 46 (6), 734-751

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12491

Students are Almost as Effective as Professors in University Teaching

Jan Feld, Nicolás Salamanca, Ulf Zölitz

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 73, Article 101912

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12191

Who Founds? An Analysis of University and Corporate Startup Entrepreneurs Based on Danish Register Data

Ulrich Kaiser, Johan Moritz Kuhn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12173

Human Capital Investment under Exit Options: Evidence from a Natural Quasi-Experiment

Satish Chand, Michael A. Clemens

revision requested

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