IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2442

Over-Education and the Skills of UK Graduates

Arnaud Chevalier, Joanne Lindley

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 2009, 172(2), 307-337

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2434

Expanding Schooling Opportunities for 4-Year-Olds

Edwin Leuven, Mikael Lindahl, Hessel Oosterbeek, Dinand Webbink

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29 (3), 319-328, revised version available here

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2417

Intergenerational Conflict, Partisan Politics, and Public Higher Education Spending: Evidence from the German States

Ulrich Oberndorfer, Viktor Steiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2416

Estimates of the Effect of Parents’ Schooling on Children’s Schooling Using Censored and Uncensored Samples

Monique de Haan, Erik Plug

published as 'Estimating intergenerational schooling mobility on censored samples: consequences and remedies' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2011, 26 (1), 151–166,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2409

Human Capital and Wages in Exporting Firms

Jakob R. Munch, Jan Rose Skaksen

published in: Journal of International Economics, 2008, 75 (2), 363-372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2393

The Macroeconomics of Targeting: The Case of an Enduring Epidemic

Clive Bell, Hans Gersbach

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28 (1), 54-72

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2385

The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program

James Albrecht, Gerard J. van den Berg, Susan Vroman

published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2009, 12(1), 129-146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2371

How Large an Effect Can We Expect from School Reforms?

Spyros Konstantopoulos, Larry Hedges

published in: Teachers College Record, 2008, 110, 1613-1640

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2369

Spatial Mobility and Returns to Education: Some Evidence from a Sample of French Youth

Philippe Lemistre, Nicolas Moreau

published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2009, 49 (1), 149-176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2357

Is there a Causal Effect of High School Math on Labor Market Outcomes?

Juanna Schrøter Joensen, Helena Skyt Nielsen

revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44 (1), 171-198

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2334

The Earnings Effect of Education at Community Colleges

Dave E. Marcotte

published in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 2010, 28(1), 36-51

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2329

A Large-Scale Validation Study of Measurement Errors in Longitudinal Survey Data

Nicolai Kristensen, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen

published in: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2007, 32 (2-3), 65-92

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2328

Taxing Human Capital Efficiently: The Double Dividend of Taxing Non-Qualified Labour More Heavily Than Qualified Labour

Wolfram F. Richter

revised version based on DP 2328 and DP 3451 published as "Taxing education in Ramsey's tradition" in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93 (11-12), 1254-1260

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2309

The Speed of Employer Learning and Job Market Signaling Revisited

Steffen Habermalz

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2011, 18 (7), 607-610

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2298

First and Second Generation Immigrant Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada

Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Arthur Sweetman

published as ''First and Second Generation Immigrant Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada' in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 27, 215-70.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2277

Pareto-Improving Bequest Taxation

Volker Grossmann, Panu Poutvaara

published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2009, 16 (5), 647-669

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2260

Career Progression and Formal versus On-the-Job Training

Jérôme Adda, Christian Dustmann, Costas Meghir, Jean-Marc Robin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2250

Social Interactions and Schooling Decisions

Rafael Lalive, Maria Alejandra Cattaneo

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91(3), 457 - 477

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2234