IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2651

Full-time Schooling, Part-time Schooling, and Wages: Returns and Risks in Portugal

Corrado Andini, Pedro T. Pereira

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2643

Does Secondary School Tracking Affect Performance? Evidence from IALS

Kenn Ariga, Giorgio Brunello

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2640

Mother’s Education and Birth Weight

Arnaud Chevalier, Vincent O'Sullivan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2613

The Racial Test Score Gap and Parental Involvement in Britain

Eleonora Patacchini, Yves Zenou

published in: Economics Letters, 2009, 102, 49-52

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2608

Intergenerational Education Transmission: Neighborhood Quality and/or Parents’ Involvement?

Eleonora Patacchini, Yves Zenou

published as 'Neighborhood Effects and Parental Involvement in the Intergenerational Transmission of Education' in: Journal of Regional Science, 2011, 51 (5), 987 - 1013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2596

Educational Effects of Widening Access to the Academic Track: A Natural Experiment

Eric Maurin, Sandra McNally

published as 'The Effect of Tracking Students by Ability into Different Schools: A Natural Experiment' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2012, 47 (3), 684-721

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2589

Peer Effects, Unobserved Factors and Risk Behaviours: An Analysis of Alcohol Abuse and Truancy among Adolescents

Rosa Duarte, José-Julián Escario, José Alberto Molina

published as 'Peer Effects, Unobserved Factors and Risk Behaviours in Adolescence' in: Revista de Economía Aplicada, 2011, 29 (55), 125-152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2573

Schooling and Citizenship: Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Reforms

Thomas Siedler

revised version published as 'Schooling and Citizenship in a Young Democracy: Evidence from Postwar Germany' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010, 112 (2), 315-338

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2557

Does a Food for Education Program Affect School Outcomes? The Bangladesh Case

Xin Meng, Jim Ryan

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (2), 415-447

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2548

Exploring the Impact of Interrupted Education on Earnings: The Educational Cost of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

Xin Meng, Bob Gregory

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2534

On the Efficiency Costs of De-tracking Secondary Schools

Kenn Ariga, Giorgio Brunello, Roki Iwahashi, Lorenzo Rocco

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2532

Demand for Higher Education Programs: The Impact of the Bologna Process

Ana Rute Cardoso, Miguel Portela, Carla Sá, Fernando Alexandre

published in: CESIfo Economic Studies, 2008, 54 (2), 229-247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2517

Inequality of Learning in Industrialised Countries

John Micklewright, Sylke V. Schnepf

published in: Stephen P. Jenkins and John Micklewright (eds.), Inequality and Poverty Re-Examined, Oxford: OUP, 2007

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. 2515

School Drop-Out and Push-Out Factors in Brazil: The Role of Early Parenthood, Child Labor, and Poverty

Ana Rute Cardoso, Dorte Verner

published as 'Factores de la deserción escolar en Brasil. El papel de la paternidad temprana, la mano de obra infantil y la pobreza' in: El Trimestre Económico, 2011, 69 (2) 310, 347-372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2491

Which Factors Determine the Grades of Undergraduate Students in Economics? Some Evidence from Spain

Juan J. Dolado, Eduardo Morales

published in: Investigaciones Económicas (2009), 23, 179-210.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2490

Student Achievement and University Classes: Effects of Attendance, Size, Peers, and Teachers

Pedro S. Martins, Ian Walker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2489

Macroeconomic Effects of Short-Term Training Measures on the Matching Process in Western Germany

Reinhard Hujer, Christopher Zeiss

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2478

Public Education in an Integrated Europe: Studying to Migrate and Teaching to Stay?