IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4978

Is Universal Child Care Leveling the Playing Field? Evidence from Non-Linear Difference-in-Differences

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 127, 100–114

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4975

The GED

James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Nicholas S. Mader

published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin and S. Woessman (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Education, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011, Chapter 9, 423-483

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4974

China's Higher Education Expansion and its Labor Market Consequences

Shi Li, Chunbing Xing

published with S. Li and J. Whalley as'`China’s Higher Education Expansion and Unemployment of College Graduates' in: China Economic Review, 2014, 30: 567–582

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4969

School Responsiveness to Quality Rankings: An Empirical Analysis of Secondary Education in the Netherlands

Pierre Koning, Karen van der Wiel

revised version published in: De Economist, 2012, 160 (4), 339-355

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4968

Mentoring, Educational Services, and Economic Incentives: Longer-Term Evidence on Risky Behaviors from a Randomized Trial

Núria Rodríguez-Planas

substantially revised version published as 'Longer-Term Impacts of Mentoring, Educational Services, and Learning Incentives: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the United States' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (4), 121 - 139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4954

Mother or Motherland: Can a Government Have an Impact on Educational Attainment of the Population? Preliminary Evidence from India

Sumon K. Bhaumik, Manisha Chakrabarty

published as 'Educational Attainment in India: What Drives Transition' in: ICRA's Bulletin: Money & Finance, February 2013, 95 -112

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4951

Quotas and Quality: The Effect of H-1B Visa Restrictions on the Pool of Prospective Undergraduate Students from Abroad

Takao Kato, Chad Sparber

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95 (1), 109-126

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4946

Under Pressure? The Effect of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults

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

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 31 (1) 2013, 119-153

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4940

The Effect of Childhood Conduct Disorder on Human Capital

Pierre Koning, Dinand Webbink, Suncica Vujic, Nicholas G. Martin

revised version published in: Health Economics , 2012, 21(8), 928-945.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4926

Sample Selectivity and the Validity of International Student Achievement Tests in Economic Research

Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Economics Letters, 2011, 110 (2), 79-82

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4925

The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement

Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann

published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin, L. Woessmann (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Education, Vol. 3, pp. 89-200, Amsterdam: North Holland, 2011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4916

A Long-Run View of the University Gender Gap in Australia

Alison L. Booth, Hiau Joo Kee

published in: Australian Economic History Review, 2011, 51 (3), 254-276

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4887

The Effect of Family Separation and Reunification on the Educational Success of Immigrant Children in the United States

T. H. Gindling, Sara Z. Poggio

revised version published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2012, 38 (7),1155-1173

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4855

A Socio-economic Analysis of Youth Disconnectedness

Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Ruben R. Seiberlich

published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch - Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2011, 131 (2), 253-262