1.
Factors Affecting Students’ Academic Achievement in Zimbabwe's Rural Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Marimasimbe Secondary School in Jiri Community
Dynamic Research Journals' Journal of Economics and Finance (DRJ-JEF), Volume 2, Issue 3, pp 01-15.
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 04 Apr 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Independent, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Independent
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809
2.
Does Crowdfunding Benefit Entrepreneurs and Venture Capital Investors?
Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research No. 2971685, The Wharton School Research Paper
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 22 May 2017
Last Revised: 02 Nov 2018
Working Paper Series
McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Downloads
592
3.
Returns to Education in Criminal Organizations: Did Going to College Help Michael Corleone?
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 01 Mar 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Essex, University of California, Merced - School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts and University of Turin - Collegio Carlo Alberto
Downloads
510
4.
Economic Leadership and Growth
Number of pages: 76
Posted: 03 Nov 2012
Last Revised: 05 Mar 2018
Working Paper Series
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Downloads
471
5.
Adventures in Higher Education, Happiness, and Mindfulness
7(2) British Journal of American Legal Studies (2018 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 24 Aug 2017
Last Revised: 18 Sep 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Colorado Law School
Downloads
426
6.
The Economic Impact of Higher Education Institutions in Ireland: Evidence from Disaggregated Input Output Tables.
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 15 Oct 2014
Last Revised: 17 Oct 2014
Working Paper Series
Trinity College (Dublin) - School of Business Studies, Trinity College Dublin and Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin
Downloads
373
7.
The Effects of the Informal Sector on Income of the Poor in Russia
May 2013, Volume 111, Issue 3, pp 855-866. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0037-5
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 19 May 2012
Last Revised: 30 Dec 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Downloads
330
8.
Do Pimples Pay? Acne, Human Capital, and the Labor Market
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 05 May 2017
Last Revised: 21 Jun 2018
Working Paper Series
Emory University - Department of Economics and Ball State University - Department of Economics
Downloads
328
9.
Can MOOC Programs Improve Student Employment Prospects?
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 23 Oct 2018
Working Paper Series
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Downloads
246
10.
The Rationale for Fundamental Pension Reform in the Germany and the United States: An Assessment
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 510
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 08 Aug 2001
Working Paper Series
Brookings Institution
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227
11.
Job Mobility and Sorting: Theory and Evidence
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 25 Jul 2015
Last Revised: 06 Nov 2018
Working Paper Series
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Downloads
186
12.
Scientific Education and Innovation: From Technical Diplomas to University STEM Degrees
Number of pages: 95
Posted: 25 Mar 2017
Last Revised: 21 Feb 2019
Working Paper Series
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of California - Los Angeles
Downloads
186
13.
Attorneys' Career Dissatisfaction in the New Normal
Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-47, AccessLex Institute Research Paper No. 17-05, International Journal of the Legal Profession, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 20 Jul 2017
Last Revised: 13 Apr 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Texas A&M University School of Law and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Downloads
181
14.
Are College Education and Job Experience Complements or Substitutes? Evidence from Hedge Fund Portfolio Performance
28th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 18 Aug 2015
Working Paper Series
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers Business School at Newark & New Brunswick, Rutgers Business School and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers Business School at Newark & New Brunswick
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158
15.
The Indirect Effects of Educational Expansions: Evidence from a Large Enrollment Increase in STEM Majors
Number of pages: 70
Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Last Revised: 05 Aug 2018
Working Paper Series
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157
16.
The Effects of School Construction on Student and District Outcomes: Evidence from a State-Funded Program in Ohio
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 07 Nov 2015
Working Paper Series
Princeton University - Department of Economics
Downloads
142
17.
Amnesties, Settlements and Optimal Tax Enforcement
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 01 Feb 1998
Working Paper Series
University of Bologna - School of Economics, Management, and Statistics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Amnesties, Settlements and Optimal Tax Enforcement
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 01 Feb 1998
Downloads
137
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137
18.
Returns to Women's Education Using Optimal IV Selection
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 08 Sep 2016
Last Revised: 10 Sep 2018
Working Paper Series
Monash University - Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics, Monash University, Monash University and KDI School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads
130
19.
A Theory of Inefficient College Entry and Excessive Student Debt
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 24 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 15 Dec 2017
Working Paper Series
Bocconi University - Department of Finance and Elon University
Downloads
120
20.
The Returns to College Persistence for Marginal Students: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from University Dismissal Policies
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9799
Number of pages: 75
Posted: 21 Mar 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago and Temple University - Department of Economics
Downloads
117
21.
Reshaping Aspirations: The Effects of the Great Recession on College Major Choice
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 23 Apr 2016
Last Revised: 29 Jan 2018
Working Paper Series
Loyola Marymount University
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116
22.
Multilingualism and the Decline of French in Quebec
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 28 Nov 2016
Working Paper Series
Queen's University (Canada), Faculty of Arts & Science, Department of Economics, Students and Bates College
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115
23.
The Expansion of Higher Education in Colombia: Bad Students or Bad Programs?
Documento CEDE No. 2017-13
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 22 Feb 2017
Working Paper Series
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Brown University
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113
24.
A Harming Hand: The Predatory Implications of Government Backed Student Loans
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 27 Oct 2017
Last Revised: 08 Jun 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Georgia - Department of Finance
Downloads
112
25.
Free Primary Education, Fertility, and Women's Access to the Labor Market: Evidence from Ethiopia
Number of pages: 94
Posted: 14 Nov 2016
Last Revised: 31 Jul 2018
Working Paper Series
Bates College
There are 2 versions of this paper
Free Primary Education, Fertility, and Women's Access to the Labor Market: Evidence from Ethiopia
Number of pages: 94
Posted: 14 Nov 2016
Last Revised: 31 Jul 2018
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110
Free Primary Education, Schooling, and Fertility: Evidence from Ethiopia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10387
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 05 Dec 2016
Downloads
29
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110
26.
The Impact of Education on Political Ideology: Evidence from European Compulsory Education Reforms
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 03 Sep 2016
Working Paper Series
Marquette University
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106
27.
Financing Higher Education in a Constrained Economic Environment: The Argument Against Income Contingent Loans in Ireland
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 08 Apr 2017
Working Paper Series
Dublin City University Business School and Trinity College Dublin
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102
28.
A Society Divided: How Unequal Education Quality Limits Social Mobility in South Africa
Synthesis report for the Programme to Support Pro-Poor Policy Development (PSPPD). Stellenbosch, February 2017
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 28 May 2017
Last Revised: 29 May 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Stellenbosch University - Department of Economics, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
Downloads
99
29.
The Effect of Superstar Firms on College Major Choice
9th Miami Behavioral Finance Conference 2018
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 15 Mar 2019
Last Revised: 15 Mar 2019
Working Paper Series
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - CUHK Business School, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Effect of Superstar Firms on College Major Choice
9th Miami Behavioral Finance Conference 2018
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 15 Mar 2019
Downloads
95
The Effect of Superstar Firms on College Major Choice
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12296
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Downloads
95
30.
Workplace Heterogeneity and the Returns to Versatility
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 25 Jul 2015
Last Revised: 22 Aug 2018
Working Paper Series
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Downloads
93
31.
Major Malfunction: A Field Experiment Correcting Undergraduates' Beliefs about Salaries
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 11 May 2017
Last Revised: 21 Jul 2018
Working Paper Series
Harvard University
Downloads
90
32.
Public Education & Civic Responsibility in a Constrained Financial Environment. The Argument Against Income Contingent Loans in Ireland for Higher Education Financing
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 28 Mar 2017
Working Paper Series
Trinity College Dublin and Dublin City University Business School
Downloads
89
33.
Skills, Job Mobility and Productive Efficiency
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 21 Sep 2017
Last Revised: 15 Aug 2018
Working Paper Series
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Downloads
89
34.
Borrowing Arrangements and Returns to College Education
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 03 Nov 2018
Working Paper Series
Jain Family Institute and Better Future Forward
Downloads
88
35.
Educational Mismatch, Work Outcomes, and Entry into Entrepreneurship
Forthcoming in Organization Science July/August 2016
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 05 Aug 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Mercer University - Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics and ESMT European School of Management and Technology
Downloads
87
36.
Parental Beliefs About Returns to Educational Investments - The Later the Better?
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 15 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University College London - Department of Economics and University of Cambridge - Cambridge-INET Institute
Downloads
86
37.
University Selectivity and the Graduate Wage Premium: Evidence from the UK
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10536
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 05 Feb 2017
Working Paper Series
University of Warwick - Department of Economics and University of Dundee
Downloads
83
38.
The Private and Social Benefits of Double Majors
Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 16-16, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 16-31
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 21 May 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Saint Lawrence University - Department of Economics and Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads
81
39.
Putting Dollars Before Scholars? Evidence from For-Profit Charter Schools in Florida
Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper No. 212
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 05 Mar 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Rochester - Department of Economics
Downloads
76
40.
The Transition From Higher Education to Professional Work: Evidence From Randomized Assignment of Engineering Majors
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 04 Nov 2018
Last Revised: 12 Feb 2019
Working Paper Series
Northeastern University and Boston University Questrom School of Business
Downloads
74
41.
Education and Non-Cognitive Skills
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Paper No. 18-05
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 26 Mar 2018
Working Paper Series
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Economics and School of Management and Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Downloads
68
42.
Separate But Unequal: The Resegregation of Louisiana Public Schools Through the School-to-Prison Pipeline
8 J. Race Gender & Poverty 102
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 25 Aug 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Southern University Law Center, Students
Downloads
67
43.
Mainstreaming Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Pakistan: A Historical Discourse
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 24 Aug 2017
Working Paper Series
Lahore High Court
Downloads
66
44.
Policing, Schooling and Human Capital Accumulation
CAEPR Working Paper No. 024-2015
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 13 Jan 2016
Last Revised: 10 Mar 2016
Working Paper Series
Sabanci University
Downloads
66
45.
Technology Diffusion, Worker Mobility and the Returns to Skill
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 25 Jul 2015
Working Paper Series
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Downloads
65
46.
Male Education and Domestic Violence in Turkey: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6526
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 19 Jul 2017
Working Paper Series
University of Portsmouth and Brunel University - Department of Economics and Finance
Downloads
63
47.
The Technology Acceptance of Mobile Applications in Education
Camilleri, M.A. (2017). The Technology Acceptance of Mobile Applications in Education. In Sánchez, I.A. & Isaias, P. (Eds) 13th International Conference on Mobile Learning (Budapest, April 10th). Proceedings, pp., International Association for Development of the Information Society.,
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 22 Mar 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Malta and University of Bath - Department of Psychology
Downloads
63
48.
Longer School Schedules and Early Reading Skills: Effects from a Full-Day School Reform in Chile
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10282
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 31 Oct 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso and University of Manchester
Downloads
62
49.
Skills, Signals, and Employability: An Experimental Investigation
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6858
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 20 Mar 2018
Working Paper Series
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Department Human Capital and Innovation, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and Ifo Institute for Economic Research
There are 2 versions of this paper
Skills, Signals, and Employability: An Experimental Investigation
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6858
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 20 Mar 2018
Downloads
60
Skills, Signals, and Employability: An Experimental Investigation
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11283
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 29 Jan 2018
Downloads
15
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60
50.
Expanding Financial Education and Planning Opportunities Through Service-Learning
Financial Services Review, 18(3), 157-175, 2009
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 29 Mar 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of Georgia, University of Georgia and University of Georgia
Downloads
58
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