Posts tagged with 'education'
December 6, 2024
Education increases family formation among women but has no effect on men
Analysis of Finnish admissions data challenges traditional beliefs about the impact of higher education
July 15, 2024
Parents tend to steer sons towards traditional careers
Swiss study finds gender bias in vocational advice
October 17, 2023
Who benefits and who loses from affirmative action in elite universities?
Study from Brazil shows that earnings rise for minority students but drop for top enrollees
September 12, 2023
What we teach children about race and gender
New study uses AI tools to analyze representation in images and text of children's books
March 16, 2023
Can more education save the planet?
New study finds sizable causal effects of years of schooling on pro-climate outcomes
September 20, 2022
Babel’s Curse or Babel’s Blessing?
Studying in a foreign language may come at a cost
March 29, 2022
How COVID-19 affects educational choices in high school
Students in Sweden moved away quickly from service-oriented vocational programs
May 11, 2021
Higher minimum wage lowers enrollment in academic programs at universities
Study from Canada investigates the impact of the minimum wage on individuals' schooling decisions
October 7, 2020
Future earnings gap due to COVID-19 school closures
Today’s global cohort of students may lose up to US$ 15 trillion over a lifetime
September 21, 2020
How a second chance in education influences labor market outcomes
Adult education reforms in Norway reduced gender earnings gap
August 31, 2020
Graduating in a pandemic may lead to long-term income losses
IZA Expert Panel reveals country differences in labor market researchers’ expectations
July 20, 2020
Do refugee classmates affect the educational attainment of native students?
New study from Norway compares siblings exposed to different refugee shares at school
July 14, 2020
Shorter compulsory schooling can increase the overall time spent in education
Reform in Egypt had unexpected positive effects for girls from disadvantaged families
March 12, 2020
Male students are more likely to receive favorable grade changes in college
Gender differences in the tendency to negotiate
November 15, 2019
How traffic pollution affects children’s academic performance
Lower test scores, more behavioral incidents, and more absences
November 14, 2019
Effects of banning the Islamic veil in public schools
French policy improved Muslim girls' educational outcomes
November 6, 2019
Economic causes and consequences of mass shootings
Perpetrators are often low-educated and in financial distress — shootings leave lasting scars on local labor markets
October 14, 2019
Identifying policy levers in education settings
4th IZA Workshop on the Economics of Education
October 10, 2019
Legacy and athlete preferences at Harvard
Admissions advantages of privileged applicants have gone up over time
June 14, 2019
Exposure to “high-achieving” boys in high school may harm girls in the long run
Effects on educational and labor market outcomes
May 10, 2019
Being bullied in school leads to poorer outcomes later in life
Persistent or violent types of bullying have the worst consequences
April 15, 2019
briq/IZA Workshop on Behavioral Economics of Education
How behavioral insights can contribute to equality of opportunity
January 18, 2019
Revealing stereotypes to teachers can improve student outcomes
Immigrant students receive lower grades despite same performance as natives
December 14, 2018
Are professors good teachers?
Lower-ranked instructors are just as good when it comes to tutorial teaching
December 10, 2018
Steering more students into STEM?
Costs of delivering postsecondary instruction differ markedly by field of study
November 19, 2018
Race-blind school admissions policy increases racial segregation
Rolling back integration efforts harms student outcomes
September 24, 2018
Why does education reduce crime?
Keeping kids “off the streets” may matter more than improving their labor market prospects
September 17, 2018
School reforms and socioeconomic inequality in Germany
15 years after the PISA shock
May 5, 2018
The costly consequences of just failing a high-stakes exam
Education systems around the world increasingly apply standardized high school exit exams to make achievement more comparable among graduates (see […]
February 16, 2018
Searching on campus: Marriage market effects of the student gender composition
The growing success of online dating platforms seems to indicate that finding your partner in the “real” world becomes harder. […]
December 1, 2017
Do boys benefit from male teachers in elementary school?
The scarcity of male teachers in schools has led to a debate on whether young boys require more male role models.
October 9, 2017
How tax policy can promote lifelong learning
In the face of demographic and technological change, people will have to work longer and are more likely to switch […]
September 22, 2017
Equality of opportunity – for what?
By Daniel Mahler and Xavi Ramos The notion that individuals ought to have equal opportunities in life is popular among […]
August 16, 2017
Educational choices can help explain income inequality in Germany
Rising levels of income inequality in many developed countries have led to much political and scientific controversy. One of the […]
June 27, 2017
Getting it right: Policies to fight youth unemployment in the EU
Despite the fact that the global financial crisis has largely come to end, youth unemployment remains high, with rates of […]
June 21, 2017
The economic value of Breaking Bad: How misbehavior in school pays off for some kids
By Nicholas W. Papageorge (Johns Hopkins University and IZA) There is growing interest in how schools can shape children’s non-cognitive […]
May 9, 2017
How personality is affected by birth order and birth spacing
The family environment is among the most important factors in the development of a child’s personality. It is evident that […]
February 20, 2017
On World Day of Social Justice: Insights on economic inequality from IZA World of Labor
The UN has proclaimed February 20 the “World Day of Social Justice” to support efforts of the international community in […]
November 21, 2016
Money to study? Research on motivation and incentives for students
Differences in educational outcomes based on socioeconomic background is a well-documented phenomenon and a key driver of inequalities later in […]
November 7, 2016
Terrorism, hurricanes, economic crises: Learning through exogenous shocks
Economists seem to have a conspicuous interest in unexpected, far-reaching or even catastrophic events. In most cases, though, this interest […]
September 19, 2016
Genes, education and labor market outcomes
What can genetic information teach us about the intergenerational transmission of economic inequality? A new IZA Discussion Paper by Nicholas […]
September 7, 2016
Different sleep cycles can explain part of the gender performance gap in education
Girls largely outperform boys academically in middle and high school. Performance gaps begin to arise as early as in third […]
September 5, 2016
Teacher expectations influence student educational outcomes
Do teacher expectations matter? In particular, can teacher expectations influence student educational outcomes? Yes, says a new IZA paper authored […]
August 26, 2016
IZA Fellow Aaron Sojourner serves at U.S. President Council of Economic Advisers
IZA Research Fellow Aaron Sojourner (University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management) has been appointed as a senior economist on […]
August 23, 2016
Well-being effects vary for formal and informal childcare
All parents are faced with the difficult decision of how to organize childcare. Parents preferring to return to the labor […]
May 24, 2016
High times for students
When a U.S. state passes a medical marijuana law (MML), effectively lowering the costs of obtaining marijuana for both patients […]
May 15, 2016
IZA Prize goes to Claudia Goldin
The 2016 IZA Prize in Labor Economics goes to Claudia Goldin, the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University. […]
March 21, 2016
Economic long-term outlooks often too pessimistic
Demographic aging and accompanying shrinking labor forces are common phenomena throughout the developed world. There is a widespread notion that […]
March 18, 2016
How (lack of) sleep affects our economic behavior
Today is World Sleep Day! As recent IZA research shows, a good night of sleep is not just a matter […]
February 17, 2016
Investing in early childhood development reduces inequality
Early childhood years are highly formative and often provide the basis for educational, professional and social achievements in adulthood. IZA […]
December 28, 2015
Subsidized high-quality early care improves child development especially among children in low-income families
Human development starts early, and neuroscientists point to the first three years of brain development as especially consequential. Foundations for […]
December 22, 2015
Racial mismatch in the classroom leads to more unexcused student absences and school suspensions
Policymakers and educators alike are increasingly cognizant of the long-term consequences of student absenteeism and suspensions, which are particularly troubling […]
November 27, 2015
Rank, sex, drugs and crime: How relative ability affects adolescents’ risky behaviors
Parents, teachers and policymakers alike are concerned with adolescents engaging in risky practices, such as drug abuse, unprotected sex, or […]
November 20, 2015
Courage, trust and autonomy: Werner Eichhorst outlines challenges of the new world of work
In a recent podcast by the WorkLife HUB, an online platform focusing on work-life balance topics, Werner Eichhorst speaks about […]
July 13, 2015
Socio-economic background shapes children’s personality
In many countries, people find it hard to climb up the economic ladder. According to a recent IZA paper, one […]
June 15, 2015
Reducing early marriage to boost female labor market participation in Senegal
Senegal is a country with large gender disparities in education and career opportunities. Early marriage and low age at first […]
March 18, 2015
‘High’ achievers? Students banned from cannabis shops perform better at university
Should the recreational use of cannabis be legalized? In recent years, there has been a momentum towards more liberal drug […]
March 10, 2015
The negative labor market outcomes of a Muslim minority: How policy can make a big difference
The labor market success of ethnic and religious minorities often lags behind the average population. Discrimination, segregation and cultural frictions […]
January 9, 2015
Do we have to be afraid of the future world of work?
The current public debate in many developed countries about the future of paid employment is characterized by strong feelings of […]
- automation
- education
- experience
- fixed-term contracts
- freelance
- full-time employment
- future of paid employment
- globalization
- growing pressure
- labor market participation
- mobilizing
- new technologies
- offshoring
- outsourcing
- part-time work
- performance-oriented
- public policies
- qualification
- skill demand
- temporary agency work
- training
- uncertainty
December 18, 2014
Girls benefit most from attending an elite school
Parents have strong preferences for sending their children to the best schools available. There seems to be a general perception […]
December 1, 2014
Expensive development program did not improve living conditions in Northern Ireland
The signing of the Belfast Agreement on Good Friday 1998 is widely seen as the final act in the long […]
November 28, 2014
Learning from the older brother? Sibling spillover effects in school achievement
How much a younger sibling’s school achievement is affected by his/her older sibling’s achievement at school is an important question […]
November 19, 2014
Is formal care as good as the support of loving grandparents?
Since early childcare plays an important role in the development of cognitive skills, it partially determines success later in life. […]
November 18, 2014
Is formal care as good as the support of loving grandparents?
Since early childcare plays an important role in the development of cognitive skills, it partially determines success later in life. […]
August 24, 2014
Employee performance and the value of the bosses: Video interview with Kathryn Shaw
Employees should ultimately be paid for performance, not for working hours, says Kathryn Shaw (Stanford University and IZA) in a […]
August 22, 2014
Migration decisions of couples: Who wears the pants?
Couples are less likely than singles, but more likely than families to emigrate to a different country. But who makes […]
June 20, 2014
A culture of crime: growing up with the mafia next door
Organized crime generates about two percent of global GDP. While this is already a considerable share, the mafia and other […]
June 9, 2014
Is becoming criminal a matter of time?
When homo economicus thinks about committing a crime, it’s all about balancing: the benefit of the crime against the disutility […]
June 6, 2014
What determines racist attitudes in Germany
Although the end of World War II is not even seventy years ago, one out of five Germans thinks that […]
May 23, 2014
Job information centers improve students’ career choice
In many countries high school students visit job information centers before they graduate. They learn about job prospects, earnings and […]
March 26, 2014
More schooling makes women less likely to vote for Islamic parties
Many countries in the Middle East and North Africa are characterized by low levels of per capita income, democracy and […]
January 31, 2014
Early school tracking: no long-term impact on labor market outcomes
School tracking systems, which allot students to certain school types according to their ability, seek to improve efficiency in education […]
December 23, 2013
Overcoming the educational mismatch
Nobel laureate Chris Pissarides suggests that in times of recession it’s good for young people to acquire more education. Nonetheless, […]
November 29, 2013
Learning from nuns: Catholic schools are not better than the rest
Several empirical studies have attempted to assess whether private schools provide better education than public schools. This question is crucial […]
November 8, 2013
Study abroad programs boost labor market careers
Despite the great popularity of international educational mobility schemes like the European Erasmus scholarship program, relatively little research has been […]
September 30, 2013
Have the benefits from marriage changed over the past decades? A new IZA Discussion Paper by Shelly Lundberg and Robert […]
September 2, 2013
How effective is high school mentoring?
Is it worthwhile paying special attention to high school students from disadvantaged social backgrounds? Núria Rodríguez-Planas put this question to […]
June 17, 2013
How preschool helps to fight inequality
The widening wage gap between college educated and non-college educated workers in the US and around the world has raised […]
March 19, 2013
Women do better and seem less anxious in all-female classes
Nowadays more women attend university than men. Yet, women are still under-represented in the highest levels of technical subjects such […]
March 13, 2013
Don J. DeVoretz on the economics of citizenship
In the latest IZA interview Don J. DeVoretz, IZA Research Fellow and Professor of Economics at the Simon Fraser University […]
January 27, 2013
Girls, take maths and boost your career!
A recent IZA working paper by Juanna Schrøter Joensen and Helena Skyt Nielsen suggests that taking more Math courses in […]