IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1444

James J. Heckman, Dimitriy V. Masterov

published in: D. Coyle, W. Alexander and B. Ashcroft, eds., New Wealth for Old Nations: Scotland's Economic Prospects, Princeton University Press: 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1437

Separating Uncertainty from Heterogeneity in Life Cycle Earnings

Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman, Salvador Navarro

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2005, 57 (2), 191-261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1416

Fast Times at Ridgemont High? The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births

Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes

published as 'Staying in the Classroom and out of the maternity ward? The effect of compulsory schooling laws on teenage births' in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (530), 1025–1054

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1412

Incentives and Effort in the Public Sector: Have U.S. Education Reforms Increased Teachers’ Work Hours?

Christiana Stoddard, Peter J. Kuhn

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27 (1), 1-13

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1398

How Different Are Immigrants? A Cross-Country and Cross-Survey Analysis of Educational Achievement

Sylke V. Schnepf

published in: C. A. Parsons ; T. M. Smeeding (eds.), Immigration and the Transformation of Europe, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1391

Single Motherhood and (Un)Equal Educational Opportunities: Evidence for Germany

Philippe Mahler, Rainer Winkelmann

published in: Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik, 2006, 313, 39-54.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1354

Heterogeneity in the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment: Evidence from Switzerland on Natives and Second Generation Immigrants

Philipp C. Bauer, Regina T. Riphahn

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (1), 121-148

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1317

Gender Equality in Educational Achievement: An East-West Comparison

Sylke V. Schnepf

revised version published in : Schnepf (ed.): Women in Central and Eastern Europe: Measuring Gender Inequality Differently. Saarbruecken, Germany: Verlag Mueller, 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1285

Technical Change and the Wage Structure During the Second Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the Merchant Marine, 1865-1912

Aimee Chin, Chinhui Juhn, Peter Thompson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1284

How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States

Ludger Woessmann

published in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 2008, 78 (1), 45-70

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1266

Shot Across the Bow, Stigma or Selection? The Effect of Repeating a Class on Educational Attainment

Michael Fertig

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1259

Family Structure and Child Outcomes in the United States and Sweden

Anders Björklund, Donna K. Ginther, Marianne Sundström

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (1), 183-201

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1255

Private Tutoring Expenditures in Turkey

Aysit Tansel, Fatma Bircan

revised version published as 'Demand for education in Turkey: A tobit analysis of private tutoring expenditures' in: Economics of Education Review, 2006, 25, 303-313

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1226

Pre-School Enrollment: An Analysis by Immigrant Generation

Barry R. Chiswick, Noyna DebBurman

published in: Social Science Research, 2006, 35 (1), 60-87

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1186

Educational Achievement in English-Speaking Countries: Do Different Surveys Tell the Same Story?

John Micklewright, Sylke V. Schnepf

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1146

The Effect of High Stakes High School Achievement Awards: Evidence from a School-Centered Randomized Trial

Joshua Angrist, Victor Lavy

published in: American Economic Review, 2009, 99 (4), 1384-1414

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1122