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IZA Discussion Paper No. 16613
Gender Pay Gaps across STEM Fields of Study
Tomasz Zając, Iga Magda, M. Bożykowski, Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak, M. Jasiński
published in: Studies in Higher Education, 2025, 50 (1), 126-139
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16607
Reaching for Gold! The Impact of a Positive Reputation Shock on Career Choice
Daniel Goller, Stefan C. Wolter
forthcoming in: European Economic Review, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16602
Duration Dependence in Finding a Job: Applications, Interviews, and Job Offers
Jeremy Zuchuat, Rafael Lalive, Aderonke Osikominu, Lorenzo Pesaresi, Josef Zweimüller
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16585
College Attrition and the Dynamics of Information Revelation
Peter Arcidiacono, Esteban Aucejo, Arnaud Maurel, Tyler Ransom
published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2025, 133 (1), 53-110
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16576
Demand for Personality Traits, Tasks, and Sorting
Vera Brenčič, Andrew McGee
forthcoming in: Research in Labor Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16569
Mothers at Peace: International Peacebuilding and Post-conflict Fertility
Vincenzo Bove, Jessica Di Salvatore, Leandro Elia, Roberto Nistico
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 167, 103226
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16568
Estimates of Earnings Returns by Field of Study for For-Profit Schools and Community Colleges
Christopher Jepsen, Peter R. Mueser, Kenneth Troske, Kyung-Seong Jeon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16559
The Return to College, Marriage, and Intergenerational Mobility
Eric D. Gould
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16542
No Longer Qualified? Changes in the Supply and Demand for Skills within Occupations
Alicia Sasser Modestino, Mary A. Burke, Shahriar Sadighi, Rachel Sederberg, Tomere Stern, Bledi Taska
This version: February 2025.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16539
Educate Some to Represent Many? Education and Female Political Representation in Europe
Luna Bellani, Marisa Hidalgo-Hidalgo
revised version published as 'Bridging the Gender Gap: Women’s Education and Political Representation' in: Economics of Education Review, 2025, 104, 102605
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16537
Job Training and Job Search Assistance Policies in Developing Countries
Eliana Carranza, David McKenzie
published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2024, 38 (1), 221–244
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16527
Macroeconomic Impacts of Immigration in the Canadian Atlantic Region: An Empirical Analysis Using the Focus Model
Peter Dungan, Tony Fang, Morley Gunderson, Steve Murphy
published online in: Journal of Immigrants and Refugee Studies, 11 June 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16522
Jobseekers' Beliefs about Comparative Advantage and (Mis)Directed Search
Andrea Kiss, Robert Garlick, Kate Orkin, Lukas Hensel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16510
The Role of Global Value Chains for Worker Tasks and Wage Inequality
Piotr Lewandowski, Karol Madoń, Deborah Winkler
published in: World Economy, 2024, 47, 4389–4435
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16499
Automation and Income Inequality in Europe
Karina Doorley, Jan Gromadzki, Piotr Lewandowski, Dora Tuda, Philippe Van Kerm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16497
The Within-Country Distribution of Brain Drain and Brain Gain Effects: A Case Study on Senegal
Philippe Bocquier, Narcisse Cha’Ngom, Frédéric Docquier, Joël Machado
published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2024, 90 (3), 384-411
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16496
The Impact of Restricting Fixed-Term Contracts on Labor and Skill Demand
Giuseppe Grasso, Konstantinos Tatsiramos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16493
National Wage Setting
Jonathon Hazell, Christina Patterson, Heather Sarsons, Bledi Taska
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16492
Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality: Maternal Endowments, Investments, and Birth Outcomes
Sadegh S. M. Eshaghnia, James J. Heckman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16489
Unintended Consequences of Youth Entrepreneurship Programs: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda
Moussa Blimpo, Todd Pugatch
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