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23 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17261
The Impact of Role Models on Youths' Aspirations, Gender Attitudes and Education in Somalia
Elijah Kipchumba, Catherine Porter, Danila Serra, Munshi Sulaiman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15539
Dreaming of a Brighter Future? The Impact of Economic Vulnerability on University Aspirations
Barry Watson, Nancy Kong, Shelley Phipps
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15453
Female Labor Market Opportunities and Gender Gaps in Aspirations
Teresa Molina, Emiko Usui
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023, 211, 165-187
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15076
Wheels of Change: Transforming Girls' Lives with Bicycles
Nathan Fiala, Ana Garcia-Hernandez, Kritika Narula, Nishith Prakash
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14275
Do Parents Expect Too Much or Is It All about Grades? The Discrepancy between Parents' Aspirations and Child's Academic Performance, and Parental Satisfaction with the School
Stefani Milovanska-Farrington
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14094
Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring and Student Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Michela Carlana, Eliana La Ferrara
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14090
New York, Abu Dhabi, London or Stay at Home? Using a Cross-Nested Logit Model to Identify Complex Substitution Patterns in Migration
Michel Beine, Michel Bierlaire, Frédéric Docquier
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13807
Higher Education Financing and the Educational Aspirations of Teenagers and their Parents
Dan Anderberg, Arnaud Chevalier, Lena Hassani Nezhad, Melanie Lührmann, Ronni Pavan
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 85, 102175
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13697
Aspirations, Poverty and Education: Evidence from India
Pieter Serneels, Stefan Dercon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13630
Educational Gender Gaps
Shelly Lundberg
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2020, 87 (2), 416-439
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13525
Driven to Succeed? Teenagers' Drive, Ambition and Performance on High-Stakes Examinations
John Jerrim, Nikki Shure, Gill Wyness
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13164
How Do We Think the COVID-19 Crisis Will Affect Our Careers (If Any Remain)?
Stijn Baert, Louis Lippens, Eline Moens, Philippe Sterkens, Johannes Weytjens
revised version published as 'How do employees think the COVID-19 crisis will affect their careers?' in: Plos One, 2021, 16( 5), e0246899
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12902
Gender Promotion Gaps: Career Aspirations and Workplace Discrimination
Ghazala Azmat, Vicente Cuñat, Emeric Henry
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11453
Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments
Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Economica, 2021, 88(351), 624-670
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10309
Conditional Cash Transfers: Do They Change Time Preferences and Educational Aspirations?
Diana Contreras Suarez, Lisa A. Cameron
published as 'Conditional Cash Transfers: Do They Result in More Patient Choices and Increased Educational Aspirations?' in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, 68 (3), 729 - 761
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10272
Migration and Development: Dissecting the Anatomy of the Mobility Transition
Thu Hien Dao, Frédéric Docquier, Christopher Parsons, Giovanni Peri
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 23(2), 223-258
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9804
The Impact of Television Programmes on Teenage Career Aspirations The 'MasterChef Effect'
Giorgio Di Pietro
revised version published as 'Do media play a role in promoting vocational education and training? The case of MasterChef' in: Policy Studies, 2018, 39 (1), 37-53
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9023
Political Aspirations in India: Evidence from Fertility Limits on Local Leaders
S Anukriti, Abhishek Chakravarty
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2019, 54 (1), 79-121
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7948
Adjusting Your Dreams? The Effect of School and Peers on Dropout Behaviour
Dominique Goux, Marc Gurgand, Eric Maurin
published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (602), 1025-1046
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6867
Grades, Aspirations and Post-Secondary Education Outcomes
Louis N. Christofides, Michael Hoy, Joniada Milla, Thanasis Stengos
published in: Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2015, 45 (1), 48-82
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