IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9082

Is Ability Tracking (Really) Responsible for Educational Inequalities in Achievement? A Comparison between the Country States Bavaria and Hesse in Germany

Hartmut Esser, Ilona Relikowski

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9081

Education and Growth with Learning by Doing

Gabriele Marconi, Andries de Grip

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9079

Back to School? Labor-Market Returns to Vocational Postsecondary Education

Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen, Christopher Jepsen

published as "More Skilled, Better Paid: Labour-market Returns to Vocational Postsecondary Education" in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2018, 70 (2), 485-508

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9079

Back to School? Labor-Market Returns to Vocational Postsecondary Education

Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen, Christopher Jepsen

published as "More Skilled, Better Paid: Labour-market Returns to Vocational Postsecondary Education" in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2018, 70 (2), 485-508

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9065

The Inheritance of Educational Inequality among Young People in Developing Countries

Francesco Pastore, Federica Roccisano

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9049

Overeducation: A Disease of the School-to-Work Transition System

Floro Ernesto Caroleo, Francesco Pastore

published in: G. Coppola and N. O'Higgins (eds): Youth and the Crisis: Unemployment, Education and Health in Europe, Routledge, 2016, 36-56

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9048

Schooling, Nation Building, and Industrialization: A Gellnerian Approach

Esther Hauk, Javier Ortega

revised version published in: Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2021, 33 (1), 140-166

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9047

Flexibility at a Cost: Should Governments Stimulate Tertiary Education for Adults?

Anders Stenberg, Olle Westerlund

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2016, 7, 69–86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9046

Nature or Nurture in Higher Education? Inter-generational Implications of the Vietnam-Era Lottery

Louis N. Christofides, Michael Hoy, Joniada Milla, Thanasis Stengos

published as 'Vietnam Era Fathers: The Intergenerational Transmission of Tertiary Education' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2022, 68 (3), 593-616

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9043

Does Education Raise Productivity and Wages Equally? The Moderating Roles of Age, Gender and Industry

François Rycx, Yves Saks, Ilan Tojerow

published as 'Does Education Raise Productivity and Wages Equally ? The Moderating Role of Age and Gender' in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 7 (1), 1-37

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9005

Inequality of Opportunities of Educational Achievement in Turkey over Time

Aysit Tansel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9004

Economic Uncertainty, Parental Selection, and Children's Educational Outcomes

Arnaud Chevalier, Olivier Marie

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 125 (2), 393-430

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9003

Does Exposure to Economics Bring New Majors to the Field? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Hans Fricke, Jeffrey Grogger, Andreas Steinmayr

published as 'Exposure to Academic Fields and College Major Choice' in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 64, 199-213

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8985