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132 IZA Discussion Papers
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2882
Age-Dependent Skill Formation and Returns to Education: Simulation Based Evidence
Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Karsten Reuss
published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (4), 631-646
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2640
Mother’s Education and Birth Weight
Arnaud Chevalier, Vincent O'Sullivan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2516
Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from a Schooling Reform
Maarten Lindeboom, Ana Llena-Nozal, Bas van der Klaauw
published in: Journal of Health Economics 2009, 28 (1), 109-131
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. 2231
Sheepskin or Prozac: The Causal Effect of Education on Mental Health
Arnaud Chevalier, Leon Feinstein
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1904
Search Equilibrium, Production Parameters and Social Returns to Education: Theory and Estimation
Christian Holzner, Andrey Launov
revised version published as 'Search Equilibrium and Social and Private Returns to Education' in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (1), 39-59
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1763
Educational Qualifications and Wage Inequality: Evidence for Europe
Santiago Budría, Pedro T. Pereira
published in: Revista de Economía Aplicada, 2011, 56 (19), 5-34
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1657
Increasing Returns to Education and the Skills Under-Investment Trap
Alison L. Booth, Melvyn Coles
published as 'A Microfoundation for Increasing Returns in Human Capital Accumulation and the Under-Participation Trap' in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (7), 1661-1681
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1503
The Knowledge Lift: The Swedish Adult Education Program That Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels
James Albrecht, Gerard J. van den Berg, Susan Vroman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1306
Measuring the Returns to the GED: Using an Exogenous Change in GED Passing Standards as a Natural Experiment
Magnus Lofstrom, John Tyler
published as 'Modeling the signaling value of the GED with an application to an exogenous passing standard increase in Texas' in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 28, 305-352.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1140
The Distribution of Wages in Belarus
Francesco Pastore, Alina Verashchagina
published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2006, 48 (3), 351-376
IZA Discussion Paper No. 829
Selection Bias, Comparative Advantage and Heterogeneous Returns to Education: Evidence from China in 2000
James J. Heckman, Xuesong Li
published in: Pacific Economic Review, 2004, 9(3), 155-171
IZA Discussion Paper No. 815
Measuring Heterogeneity in the Returns to Education in Norway Using Educational Reforms
Arild Aakvik, Kjell G. Salvanes, Kjell Vaage
published in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (4), 483-500
IZA Discussion Paper No. 726
Job Matching and the Returns to Educational Signals
Steffen Habermalz
published as 'More Detail on the Pattern of Returns to Educational Signals' in: Southern Economic Journal, 2006, 73 (1), 125–135
IZA Discussion Paper No. 725
An Examination of Sheepskin Effects Over Time
Steffen Habermalz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 593
Sheepskin Effects in Japan
Thomas K. Bauer, Patrick J. Dross, John de New
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2005, 26 (4), 320-335
IZA Discussion Paper No. 513
Earnings Dispersion, Risk Aversion and Education
Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2004, 23, 335-358
IZA Discussion Paper No. 321
Is there a Return-Risk Link in Education?
Pedro T. Pereira, Pedro S. Martins
published in: Economics Letters, 2002, 75 (1), 31-37
IZA Discussion Paper No. 299
The Wage Expectations of European College Students
Giorgio Brunello, Claudio Lucifora, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39 (4), 1116-1142
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