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264 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8618
Does Employer Learning Vary by Schooling Attainment? The Answer Depends on How Career Start Dates Are Defined
Audrey Light, Andrew McGee
published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 32, 57-66
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8616
Estimating the Returns to Schooling Using Cohort-Level Maternal Education as an Instrument
John V. Winters
published in: Economics Letters, 2015, 126 (1), 25-27
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8595
Mapping and Understanding Ethnic Disparities in Length of Schooling: The Case of Ningxia Autonomous Region, China
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Ding Sai
published in: Social Indicators Research, 2015, 124 (2), 517-535.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8505
Selective Schooling Systems Increase Inequality
Simon Burgess, Matt Dickson, Lindsey Macmillan
revised version published as 'Do selective schooling systems increase inequality? ' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2020, 72 (1), 1 - 24
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8483
Manufacturing Growth and the Lives of Bangladeshi Women
Rachel Heath, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2015, 115, 1-15
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8470
Behavioral Economics of Education
Alexander K. Koch, Julia Nafziger, Helena Skyt Nielsen
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 115, 3-17.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8143
Persistence Bias and Schooling Returns
Corrado Andini
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Studies, 2024, 51 (2), 319-337
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8110
Why Do We Ignore the Risk in Schooling Decisions?
Joop Hartog, Luis Diaz-Serrano
published in: De Economist, 2015, 163, 125-153
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. 7900
Empowering Women: The Effect of Schooling on Young Women's Knowledge and Use of Contraception
Mabel Andalón, Jenny Williams, Michael Grossman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7407
Post Schooling Human Capital Investments and the Life Cycle Variance of Earnings
Thierry Magnac, Nicolas Pistolesi, Sébastien Roux
published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 126(3), 1219-1249.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7365
The Marginal Income Effect of Education on Happiness: Estimating the Direct and Indirect Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Well-Being in Australia
Nattavudh Powdthavee, Warn N. Lekfuangfu, Mark Wooden
substantially revised version published as: 'What's the good of education on our overall quality of life? A simultaneous equation model of education and life satisfaction for Australia' in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2015, 54 (1), 10-21
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7349
Earnings Differentials and Returns to Education in China, 1995-2008
Yuling Cui, Daehoon Nahm, Massimiliano Tani
revised version published in : Australian Economic Review, 2015, 48, 382 –399
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7286
Life Expectancy, Schooling, and Lifetime Labor Supply: Theory and Evidence Revisited
Matteo Cervellati, Uwe Sunde
published in: Econometrica, 2013, 81 (5), 2055–2086
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7186
Persistence Bias and the Wage-Schooling Model
Corrado Andini
revised version circulated as: IZA DP No. 8143
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7123
Early, Late or Never? When Does Parental Education Impact Child Outcomes?
Matt Dickson, Paul Gregg, Harriet Robinson
published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126, F184-F231
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7115
Peaceful Coexistence? The Role of Religious Schools and NGOs in the Growth of Female Secondary Schooling in Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah, Nazmul Chaudhury
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2013, 49 (2), 223-237
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7089
Does Education Matter for Economic Growth?
Michael S. Delgado, Daniel J. Henderson, Christopher F. Parmeter
published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 76 (3), 334-359
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7015
Safety Valve or Sinkhole? Vocational Schooling in South Africa
Todd Pugatch
published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2014, 3:8
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6995
The Impact of Teenage Motherhood on the Education and Fertility of their Children: Evidence for Europe
Maria Navarro Paniagua, Ian Walker
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