IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7968

Parental Response to Early Human Capital Shocks: Evidence from the Chernobyl Accident

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7965

The Quiet Revolution and the Family: Gender Composition of Tertiary Education and Early Fertility Patterns

revised version published as 'Gender Composition of College Graduates by Field of Study and Early Fertility' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2017, 15 (4), 1323-1343

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7956

Education and Cancer Risk

Edwin Leuven, Erik Plug, Marte Rønning

published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 43, 106-121

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7955

Brain Drain, Educational Quality and Immigration Policy: Impact on Productive Human Capital in Source and Host Countries, with Canada as a Case Study

Maurice Schiff

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7954

The Effects of Shared School Technology Access on Students Digital Skills in Peru

German Bet, Julián P. Cristia, Pablo Ibarrarán

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7952

Moving Ahead by Thinking Backwards: Cognitive Skills, Personality, and Economic Preferences in Collegiate Success

Stephen V. Burks, Connor Lewis, Paul Kivi, Amanda Wiener, Jon E. Anderson, Lorenz Götte, Colin G. DeYoung, Aldo Rustichini

revised version published as 'Cognitive Skills, Personality, and Economic Preferences in Collegiate Success' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 115, 30–44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7951

Tuition Fees as a Commitment Device

Nadine Ketel, Jona Linde, Hessel Oosterbeek, Bas van der Klaauw

published as 'Tuition Fees and Sunk-Cost Effects' in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (598), 2342-2362

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7950

Stated and Revealed Heterogeneous Risk Preferences in Educational Choice

Frank M. Fossen, Daniela Glocker

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2017, 97, 1-25.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7949

How School Principals Influence Student Learning

Elizabeth Dhuey, Justin Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7948

Adjusting Your Dreams? The Effect of School and Peers on Dropout Behaviour

Dominique Goux, Marc Gurgand, Eric Maurin

published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (602), 1025-1046

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7941

Information, Market Incentives, and Student Performance

Braz Camargo, Rafael Camelo, Sergio Firpo, Vladimir Ponczek

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53(2), 414-444

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7940

"I wish I knew ..." - Misperceived Ability, School Track Counseling Services and Performances in Upper Secondary Education

Martino Bernardi, Massimiliano Bratti, Gianfranco De Simone

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7939

Does Longer Compulsory Education Equalize Schooling by Gender and Rural/Urban Residence?

Murat Güray Kirdar, Meltem Dayioglu-Tayfur, Ismet Koc

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2016, 30 (3), 549-579.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7915

A Balancing Act at Times of Austerity: Matching the Supply and Demand for Skills in the Greek Labour Market

Konstantinos Pouliakas

revised version published in: K. Pouliakas and I. Psifidou (eds.), Greece: Vocational education and training in economic change', Education in the European Union Pre-2003 Member States, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7905

Timing of College Enrollment and Family Formation Decisions

Maria Knoth Humlum, Jannie H. G. Kristoffersen, Rune Majlund Vejlin

published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 48: 215-230

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7904

Parenthood and Productivity of Highly Skilled Labor: Evidence from the Groves of Academe

Matthias Krapf, Heinrich W. Ursprung, Christian Zimmermann

published in:Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 140, 147-175

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7903

Leadership and the Research Productivity of University Departments

Amanda H. Goodall, John M. McDowell, Larry D. Singell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7902