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293 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4169
Interpreting Degree Effects in the Returns to Education
Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Audrey Light
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45 (2), 439-467
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4127
Choosing the Field of Study in Post-Secondary Education: Do Expected Earnings Matter?
Magali Beffy, Denis Fougère, Arnaud Maurel
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 94 (1), 334–347
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4086
Estimating the Social Value of Higher Education: Willingness to Pay for Community and Technical Colleges
Glenn C. Blomquist, Paul A. Coomes, Christopher Jepsen, Brandon C. Koford, Kenneth Troske
revision published in: Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2014, 5 (1), 3-42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4043
University Quality and Graduate Wages in the UK
Iftikhar Hussain, Sandra McNally, Shqiponja Telhaj
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3861
The East German Wage Structure after Transition
Robert Orlowski, Regina T. Riphahn
published in: Economics of Transition, 2009, 17 (4), 629-659
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3861
The East German Wage Structure after Transition
Robert Orlowski, Regina T. Riphahn
published in: Economics of Transition, 2009, 17 (4), 629-659
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3766
Understanding Low Average Returns to Education in Africa: The Role of Heterogeneity across Education Levels and the Importance of Political and Economic Reforms
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
revised version published as 'Have returns to education changed in Nigeria? Uncovering the role of democratic reforms' in: Journal of African Economies, 2011, 20 (5), 737-780
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3628
Long-Term Economic Consequences of Vietnam-Era Conscription: Schooling, Experience and Earnings
Joshua Angrist, Stacey H. Chen
published as "Schooling and the Vietnam-Era GI Bill: Evidence from the Draft Lottery" in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3 (2), 96-118
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3558
Allocation of Labour in Urban West Africa: Implication for Development Policies
Ralitza Dimova, Christophe Jalil Nordman, François Roubaud
published as 'Allocation of Labor in Urban West Africa: Insights from the Pattern of Labor Supply and Skill Premiums' in: Review of Development Economics, 2010, 14 (1), 75 - 92
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3528
Calibration and IV Estimation of a Wage Outcome Equation in a Dynamic Environment
Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3399
The Health Returns to Education: What Can We Learn from Twins?
Petter Lundborg
published as 'The health returns to schooling—what can we learn from twins?' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 673-701
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3368
Using Firm Optimization to Evaluate and Estimate Returns to Scale
Yuriy Gorodnichenko
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3284
Earnings Differences between Chinese and Indian Wage Earners, 1987–2004
Olivier B. Bargain, Sumon K. Bhaumik, Manisha Chakrabarty, Zhong Zhao
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55 (1), 562-587
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3221
Within and Between Gender Disparities in Income and Education Benefits from Democracy
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
published as 'Disparities in the Benefits from Democratic Reform in Nigeria: A Gender Perspective' in: Developing Economies, 2010, 48 (3), 345–375
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3104
Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Austria: Evidence from Failed Firms
Josef Fersterer, Jörn-Steffen Pischke, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2008, 104 (4), 733-753
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3102
“For One More Year with You”: Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe
Giorgio Brunello, Margherita Fort, Guglielmo Weber
published as 'Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe' in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (536), 516 - 539
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3097
Africa’s Education Enigma? The Nigerian Story
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 91 (1), 128-139
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3082
Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes across Geopolitical Regions in Nigeria: Fact or Fantasy?
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
published in: Journal of African Development, 2008, 10 (1), 11-31
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3058
Why Are the Returns to Education Higher for Entrepreneurs than for Employees?
Justin van der Sluis, Mirjam C. van Praag, Arjen van Witteloostuijn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2953
Modeling the Signaling Value of the GED with an Application to an Exogenous Passing Standard Increase in Texas
Magnus Lofstrom, John Tyler
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 28, 305-352
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