IZA Discussion Papers

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. 8990

The Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Returns to Voucher-Financed Training

Katja Görlitz, Marcus Tamm

substantially revised version published as 'The returns to voucher-financed training on wages, employment and job tasks' in: Economics of Education Review, 2016, 52, 51 - 62

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8930

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China

John T. Giles, Albert Park, Meiyan Wang

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2019, 68(1), 131-164

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8901

Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes in East and West Germany

Regina T. Riphahn, Michael Zibrowius

published in: Education Economics, 2016, 24 (1), 33 - 57

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8825

The Earnings Returns to Graduating with Honors: Evidence from Law Graduates

Ronny Freier, Mathias Schumann, Thomas Siedler

published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 34, 39-50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8767

Are College Costs Worth It? How Individual Ability, Major Choice, and Debt Affect Optimal Schooling Decisions

Douglas A. Webber

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2016, 53, 296-310.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8735

College Expansion and the Marginal Returns to Education: Evidence from Russia

Olga Belskaya, Klara Sabirianova Peter, Christian Posso

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8624

Economic Returns to Speaking the Right Language(s)? Evidence from Kazakhstan's Shift in State Language and Language of Instruction

Alisher Aldashev, Alexander M. Danzer

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56 (12), 2308-2326

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8616

Estimating the Returns to Schooling Using Cohort-Level Maternal Education as an Instrument

John V. Winters

published in: Economics Letters, 2015, 126 (1), 25-27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8572

Language and Labor Market Success

Ingo E. Isphording

published in: International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition), 2015, Pages 260-265

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8552

Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India

Pushkar Maitra, Subha Mani

published in: Labour Economics 2017, 45, 116-130.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8548

Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models by Maximum Likelihood and the Simulated Method of Moments

Philipp Eisenhauer, James J. Heckman, Stefano Mosso

published in: International Economic Review, 2015, 56 (2), 331 - 357

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8473

Returns to University Quality in Australia: A Two-Stage Analysis

David Carroll, Christopher Heaton, Massimiliano Tani

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8363

Does Higher Education Quality Matter in the UK?

Arnaud Chevalier

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2014, 40, 257-292

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8235

Personality, IQ, and Lifetime Earnings

Miriam Gensowski

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 51, 170-183

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8149

Declining Migration within the US: The Role of the Labor Market

Raven Molloy, Christopher L. Smith, Abigail Wozniak

published in: Demography, 2017, 54 (2), 631-653.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8141

Door Opener or Waste of Time? The Effects of Student Internships on Labor Market Outcomes

Nils Saniter, Thomas Siedler

revised version published as 'Do Internships Pay Off? The Effects of Student Internships on Earnings' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57 (4), 1242-1275 (joint with Shushanik Margaryan and Mathias Schumann)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7724

Returns to Foreign Language Skills in a Developing Country: The Case of Turkey

Antonio Di Paolo, Aysit Tansel

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51(4), 407-421

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7349

Earnings Differentials and Returns to Education in China, 1995-2008

Yuling Cui, Daehoon Nahm, Massimiliano Tani

revised version published in : Australian Economic Review, 2015, 48, 382 –399

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7349

Earnings Differentials and Returns to Education in China, 1995-2008

Yuling Cui, Daehoon Nahm, Massimiliano Tani

revised version published in : Australian Economic Review, 2015, 48, 382 –399