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2,267 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3160
The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment: New Evidence from Germany
Thomas Cornelissen, Christian Pfeifer
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29 (1), 94-103
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3152
Occupational Gender Composition and Wages in Romania: From Planned Equality to Market Inequality?
Daniela Andrén, Thomas Andrén
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3136
The Problem of Overskilling in Australia and Britain
Kostas Mavromaras, Seamus McGuinness, Nigel C. O'Leary, Peter J. Sloane, Yin King Fok
published in: Manchester School, 2010, 78(3), 219-238
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3134
Incentives and Services for College Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Joshua Angrist, Daniel W. Lang, Philip Oreopoulos
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1(1), 136–63.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3104
Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Austria: Evidence from Failed Firms
Josef Fersterer, Jörn-Steffen Pischke, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2008, 104 (4), 733-753
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3102
“For One More Year with You”: Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe
Giorgio Brunello, Margherita Fort, Guglielmo Weber
published as 'Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe' in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (536), 516 - 539
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3097
Africa’s Education Enigma? The Nigerian Story
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 91 (1), 128-139
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3080
Return Migration, Investment in Children, and Intergenerational Mobility: Comparing Sons of Foreign and Native Born Fathers
Christian Dustmann
Published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43(2), 299 - 324
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3074
Intergenerational Transmission of Language Capital and Economic Outcomes
Teresa Casey, Christian Dustmann
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43 (3), 660 - 687
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3067
How General Is Human Capital? A Task-Based Approach
Christina Gathmann, Uta Schönberg
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28 (1), 1 - 49
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3061
Over-Education in Multilingual Economies: Evidence from Catalonia
Maite Blázquez Cuesta, Silvio Rendon
published online in: International Migration, 2012, [Early View)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3058
Why Are the Returns to Education Higher for Entrepreneurs than for Employees?
Justin van der Sluis, Mirjam C. van Praag, Arjen van Witteloostuijn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3053
An Empirical Assessment of Assortative Matching in the Labor Market
Rute Mendes, Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (6), 919-929
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3038
Comparative Analysis of Labor Market Dynamics Using Markov Processes: An Application to Informality
Mariano Bosch, William F. Maloney
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (4), 621-631
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3035
Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Micro Evidence from an African Success Story
Catia Batista, Aitor Lacuesta, Pedro C. Vicente
substantially revised version available as IZA DP No. 5048
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3025
The Effect of Emigration on Child Labor
Gil S. Epstein, Nava Kahana
published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 99 (3), 545-548
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3012
The Quantity-Quality Tradeoff of Children in a Developing Country: Identification Using Chinese Twins
Hongbin Li, Junsen Zhang, Yi Zhu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2994
Risk Aversion and Schooling Decisions
Christian Belzil, Marco Leonardi
published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 111/112, 35-70
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2974
Modeling Immigrants' Language Skills
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 27, 75-128
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2969
Occupational Choice of High Skilled Immigrants in the United States
Barry R. Chiswick, Sarinda Taengnoi
published in: International Migration, 2007, 45 (5), 3 - 34
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