IZA Discussion Papers

revised version forthcoming as: 'Effects of COVID-19 on Gender Gaps in Educational Outcomes of College Students in Italy' in: K. Couch (ed.), Handbook of Inequality and COVID-19, Edward Elgar

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

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 93, 102372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15354

Excellence for All? University Honors Programs and Human Capital Formation

Todd Pugatch, Paul N. Thompson

published online in: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 11 March 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15271

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

Pedro Luís Silva

published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2024, 18 (2), 227–271

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. 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, 85, 102175

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

revised version published online as 'What can explain the socio-economic gap in international student mobility uptake? Similarities between Germany, Hungary, Italy and the UK' in: European Education Research Journal, 8 December 2022

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

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

published as 'Spin doctors vs the spawn of capitalism: Who founds university and corporate startups?' in: Research Policy, 2021, 50 (10), 104347 (with Alex Coad)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12173

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

Satish Chand, Michael A. Clemens

forthcoming in: Journal of Development Economics 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12155

Have You Read This? An Empirical Comparison of the British REF Peer Review and the Italian VQR Bibliometric Algorithm

Daniele Checchi, Alberto Ciolfi, Gianni De Fraja, Irene Mazzotta, Stefano Verzillo

published in Economica, 2021, 88 (352), 1107-1129

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12155

Have You Read This? An Empirical Comparison of the British REF Peer Review and the Italian VQR Bibliometric Algorithm

Daniele Checchi, Alberto Ciolfi, Gianni De Fraja, Irene Mazzotta, Stefano Verzillo

published in Economica, 2021, 88 (352), 1107-1129

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12071

Returns to Higher Education Subjects and Tiers in China: Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies

Lili Kang, Fei Peng, Yu Zhu

published in: Studies in Higher Education. Published online 11 Dec 2019 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1698538)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11910

Does the Girl Next Door Affect Your Academic Outcomes and Career Choices?

Sofoklis Goulas, Rigissa Megalokonomou, Yi Zhang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11453

Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Economica, 2021, 88(351), 624-670

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11421

The Economics of University Dropouts and Delayed Graduation: A Survey

Carmen Aina, Eliana Baici, Giorgia Casalone, Francesco Pastore

substantially revised version published as 'The Determinants of University Dropout: A Review of the Socio-Economic Literature' in: Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2022, 79, 101102

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11361

Early Gender Gaps among University Graduates

Marco Francesconi, Matthias Parey

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2018, 109, 63-82

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11196

Public Funding and Corporate Innovation

Mathias Beck, Martin Junge, Ulrich Kaiser

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11085

Maternal Employment and Child Outcomes: Evidence from the Irish Marriage Bar

Irene Mosca, Vincent O'Sullivan, Robert E. Wright

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11026

The 'Gravity' of Quality: Research Quality and Universities' Attractiveness in Italy

Massimiliano Bratti, Stefano Verzillo

revised version published as 'The 'gravity' of quality: research quality and the attractiveness of universities in Italy' in: Regional Studies, 2019, 53(10), 1385-139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11025

The Context-Bound University Selectivity Premium

Joniada Milla

published in: Review of Economic Analysis, 2018, 10, 313 - 349 [open access]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10912

Employer Screening Costs, Recruiting Strategies, and Labor Market Outcomes: An Equilibrium Analysis of On-Campus Recruiting

Russell Weinstein

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 55, 282-299

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10844

Does Random Selection of Commissioners Improve the Quality of Selected Candidates? An Investigation in the Italian Academia

Daniele Checchi, Silvia De Poli, Enrico Rettore

published in: Italian Economic Journal, 2018, 4 (2), 211-247