IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2880

Fundamental Determinants of School Efficiency and Equity: German States as a Microcosm for OECD Countries

Ludger Woessmann

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik , 2010, 230 (2), 234-270

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2876

Intergenerational Mobility and Schooling Decisions in Germany and Italy: The Impact of Secondary School Tracks

Daniele Checchi, Luca Flabbi

published in: Rivista di Politica Economica ,2013, 3, 7 - 57

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2875

The Economics, Technology and Neuroscience of Human Capability Formation

James J. Heckman

published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2007, 104 (33), 13250-13255

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2852

Elite Dominance and Under-Investment in Mass Education: Disparity in the Social Development of the Indian States, 1960-92

Sarmistha Pal, Sugata Ghosh

published as 'Poverty, Elite Heterogeneity and the Allocation of Public Spending: Panel Evidence from the Indian States' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58 (1), 51-78

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2833

Be as Careful of the Books You Read as of the Company You Keep: Evidence on Peer Effects in Educational Choices

Giacomo De Giorgi, Michele Pellizzari, Silvia Redaelli

Revised version published as "Identifcation of Social Interactions through Partially Overlapping Peer Groups" in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, 2(2), 241-75

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2828

Within-Groups Wage Inequality and Schooling: Further Evidence for Portugal

Corrado Andini

published in: Applied Economics, 2010, 42 (28), 3685-3691

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2787

Time-to-Degree and the Business Cycle

Dolores Messer, Stefan C. Wolter

revised version published in: Education Economics, 2010, 18(1), 111-123

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2786

The Impact of School Choice on Pupil Achievement, Segregation and Costs: Swedish Evidence

Anders Böhlmark, Mikael Lindahl

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2784

Post-Secondary Education in Canada: Can Ability Bias Explain the Earnings Gap Between College and University Graduates?

Vincenzo Caponi, Miana Plesca

revised version published in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2009, 42 (3), 1100-1131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2774

Human Capital Spillovers and Economic Performance in the Workplace in 2004: Some British Evidence

Renuka Metcalfe, Peter J. Sloane

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2752

Handedness, Time Use and Early Childhood Development

David W. Johnston, Manisha Shah, Michael A. Shields

revised version published (with Michael E.R. Nicholls) as 'Nature's Experiment? Handedness and Early Childhood Development' in: Demography, 2009, 46 (2), 281 - 301

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2728

Urban Density and Pupil Attainment

Stephen Gibbons, Olmo Silva

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 63 (1), 631-650

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2725

The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children

James J. Heckman, Dimitriy V. Masterov

published in: Review of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 29 (3), 446-493

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2711

Returns to Private Education in Peru

Sebastián Calónico, Hugo R. Nopo

published as 'Where Did You Go to School? Private-Public Differences in Schooling Trajectories and Their Role on Earnings' in: Well-Being and Social Policy, 2007, 3 (1), 25-46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2678

Earnings, Schooling and Economic Reform: Econometric Evidence from Hungary (1986-2004)

Nauro F. Campos, Dean Jolliffe

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2007, 21 (3), 509-526

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2665

Nature and Nurture in the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from Swedish Children and Their Biological and Rearing Parents

Anders Björklund, Markus Jäntti, Gary Solon

published in: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2007, 7 (2), Article 4

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2662

Principals as Agents? Investigating Accountability in the Compensation and Performance of School Principals

Sherrilyn M. Billger

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007, 61(1), 90-107