1.
The Most Cited Articles from the Top-5 Journals (1991-2015)
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5999
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 12 Aug 2016
Working Paper Series
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) - Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST)
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966
2.
An Economist's Perspective on Student Loans in the United States
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5579
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 24 Nov 2015
Working Paper Series
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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886
3.
Sports and Child Development
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3629
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 14 Nov 2011
Working Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of St. Gallen - Swiss Institute for Empirical Economic Research and University of Chicago - Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies
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779
4.
Educational Federalism and the Quality Effects of Tuition Fees
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3193
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 07 Oct 2010
Working Paper Series
Dresden University of Technology - Faculty of Economics and Business Management
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594
5.
The Long-Run Effects of Teacher Collective Bargaining
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5977
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 28 Jul 2016
Working Paper Series
Cornell University - Department of Policy Analysis and Management and Cornell University
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Long-Run Effects of Teacher Collective Bargaining
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5977
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 28 Jul 2016
Downloads
578
The Long-Run Effects of Teacher Collective Bargaining
NBER Working Paper No. w24782
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 13 Jul 2018
Downloads
7
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578
6.
Is Traditional Teaching Really All That Bad? A Within-Student Between-Subject Approach
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2634
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 29 Apr 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Faculty of Economics
Downloads
484
7.
Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2620
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 20 Apr 2009
Working Paper Series
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), IZA Institute of Labor Economics, IZA Institute of Labor Economics and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
There are 4 versions of this paper
Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2620
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 20 Apr 2009
Downloads
454
Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2735
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 23 Apr 2007
Downloads
199
Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6852
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 17 Jun 2008
Downloads
35
Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6398
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 30 May 2008
Downloads
34
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454
8.
Withering Academia?
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3209
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 20 Oct 2010
Working Paper Series
CREMA
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400
9.
A Note on Brain Gain and Brain Drain: Permanent Migration and Education Policy
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3154
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 17 Aug 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Plymouth - Plymouth Business School, University of Freiburg - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
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371
10.
Impatience and Uncertainty: Experimental Decisions Predict Adolescents' Field Behavior
CESifo Working Paper No. 3635
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 17 Nov 2011
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Faculty of Economics, University of Innsbruck and Tilburg University
There are 2 versions of this paper
Impatience and Uncertainty: Experimental Decisions Predict Adolescents' Field Behavior
CESifo Working Paper No. 3635
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 17 Nov 2011
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337
Impatience and Uncertainty: Experimental Decisions Predict Adolescents' Field Behavior
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5404
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 03 Jan 2011
Downloads
71
Downloads
337
11.
The Determinants of International Mobility of Students
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3848
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 26 Jun 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Luxemburg, University of Lille I and University of Lille I
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273
12.
The Impact of Teacher Subject Knowledge on Student Achievement: Evidence from Within-Teacher Within-Student Variation
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3111
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 06 Jul 2010
Working Paper Series
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Munich Graduate School of Economics (MGSE) and Ifo Institute for Economic Research
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Impact of Teacher Subject Knowledge on Student Achievement: Evidence from Within-Teacher Within-Student Variation
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3111
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 06 Jul 2010
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258
The Impact of Teacher Subject Knowledge on Student Achievement: Evidence from Within-Teacher Within-Student Variation
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4999
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 29 Jun 2010
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36
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258
13.
Home with Mom: The Effects of Stay-at-Home Parents on Children's Long-Run Educational Outcomes
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4274
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 18 Jun 2013
Working Paper Series
Stanford University, Statistics Norway and University of Stavanger
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250
14.
The Effects of School Competition on Academic Achievement and Grading Standards
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2676
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 01 Jul 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Goettingen (Gottingen) - Department of Economics
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235
15.
Econometric Methods for Causal Evaluation of Education Policies and Practices: A Non-Technical Guide
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2877
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 09 Jan 2010
Working Paper Series
Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs,Infrastructure, Transport an Technology, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and Ifo Institute for Economic Research
There are 2 versions of this paper
Econometric Methods for Causal Evaluation of Education Policies and Practices: A Non-Technical Guide
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2877
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 09 Jan 2010
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231
Econometric Methods for Causal Evaluation of Education Policies and Practices: A Non-Technical Guide
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4725
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 01 Feb 2010
Downloads
47
Downloads
231
16.
Identity and Entrepreneurship
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2661
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 27 May 2009
Working Paper Series
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Department Human Capital and Innovation, University of Stirling - Department of Economics and ifo Institute for Economic Research - Department Human Capital and Innovation
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229
17.
Academic Performance and Single-Sex Schooling: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Switzerland
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3592
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 05 Oct 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, University of Konstanz, Department of Economics, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and University of Konstanz
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224
18.
Parent-Child Information Frictions and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from a Field Experiment
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5391
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 24 Jun 2015
Working Paper Series
Columbia University
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220
19.
Virtually No Effect? Different Uses of Classroom Computers and their Effect on Student Achievement
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5266
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 09 Apr 2015
Working Paper Series
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Department Human Capital and Innovation, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and Ifo Institute for Economic Research
There are 2 versions of this paper
Virtually No Effect? Different Uses of Classroom Computers and their Effect on Student Achievement
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5266
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 09 Apr 2015
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202
Virtually No Effect? Different Uses of Classroom Computers and Their Effect on Student Achievement
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8939
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 06 Apr 2015
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38
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202
20.
The Consumption Value of Higher Education
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2871
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 19 Dec 2009
Working Paper Series
School of Economics and Business, NMBU and University of Bristol
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197
21.
Student and Graduate Migration and its Effect on the Financing of Higher Education
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4963
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 30 Sep 2014
Working Paper Series
University of Jena and University of Jena - School of Economics and Business Administration
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196
22.
Assessment Drives Learning: The Effect of Central Exit Exams on Curricular Knowledge and Mathematical Literacy
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2666
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 29 Jun 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), University of Dortmund, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Bamberg
Downloads
189
23.
The Impact of School Lunches on Primary School Enrollment: Evidence from India's Midday Meal Scheme
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3679
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 22 Dec 2011
Working Paper Series
ESMT European School of Management and Technology and ESMT European School of Management and Technology
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Impact of School Lunches on Primary School Enrollment: Evidence from India's Midday Meal Scheme
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3679
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 22 Dec 2011
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186
The Impact of School Lunches on Primary School Enrollment: Evidence from India's Midday Meal Scheme
The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 117, Issue 4, pp. 1176-1203, 2015
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 30 Sep 2015
Downloads
1
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186
24.
Top of the Class: The Importance of Ordinal Rank
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4815
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 25 Jun 2014
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Humboldt University of Berlin
Downloads
183
25.
Economists in the Pits?
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2594
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 01 May 2009
Working Paper Series
CREMA
There are 2 versions of this paper
Economists in the Pits?
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2594
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 01 May 2009
Downloads
178
Economists in the PITS?
IEW Working Paper No. 406
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 01 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 07 Jul 2009
Downloads
32
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178
26.
Competition for the International Pool of Talent: Education Policy and Student Mobility
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3421
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 27 Apr 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Plymouth - Plymouth Business School, University of Freiburg - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
Downloads
175
27.
Bohemians, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2715
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 22 Jul 2009
Working Paper Series
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Department Human Capital and Innovation, University of Jena - School of Economics and Business Administration and University of Stirling - Department of Economics
Downloads
171
28.
Human Capital and National Institutional Quality: Are TIMSS, PISA, and National Average IQ Robust Predictors?
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4790
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 04 Jun 2014
Working Paper Series
George Mason University - Department of Economics and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute
Downloads
170
29.
School Shootings and Student Performance
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3114
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 12 Jul 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Helsinki - Department of Economics and Government of the Republic of Finland - VATT Institute for Economic Research
There are 2 versions of this paper
School Shootings and Student Performance
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3114
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 12 Jul 2010
Downloads
168
School Shootings and Student Performance
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5009
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 29 Jun 2010
Downloads
31
Downloads
168
30.
Is Universal Child Care Leveling the Playing Field?
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4014
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 05 Dec 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Oslo - Department of Economics and Statistics Norway
Downloads
167
31.
The Role of Human Capital and Innovation in Prussian Economic Development
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4391
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 18 Sep 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Southern Denmark - Department of Business and Economics and University of Mannheim
Downloads
166
32.
Engineering Growth: Innovative Capacity and Development in the Americas
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6339
Number of pages: 81
Posted: 15 Mar 2017
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Poverty and Economic Management Unit and World Bank
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162
33.
Immigration, Fertility, and Human Capital: A Model of Economic Decline of the West
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3025, Bar-Ilan University Department of Economics Research Paper No. 2010-04
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 27 Apr 2010
Working Paper Series
Ariel University Center
Downloads
161
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General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes Over the Life-Cycle
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3614
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 25 Oct 2011
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Ifo Institute for Economic Research and affiliation not provided to SSRN
There are 3 versions of this paper
General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes Over the Life-Cycle
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3614
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 25 Oct 2011
Downloads
146
General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes Over the Life-Cycle
NBER Working Paper No. w17504
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Downloads
54
General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes Over the Life-Cycle
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6083
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 13 Nov 2011
Downloads
34
Downloads
146
35.
Stay in School or Start Working? - The Human Capital Investment Decision under Uncertainty and Irreversibility
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2825
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 21 Oct 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Paderborn, University of Paderborn and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads
139
36.
Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4452
Number of pages: 94
Posted: 13 Nov 2013
Working Paper Series
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Faculty of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4452
Number of pages: 94
Posted: 13 Nov 2013
Downloads
129
Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution
NBER Working Paper No. w17979
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 06 Apr 2012
Downloads
21
Downloads
129
37.
Political Economics of Higher Education Finance
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2829
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 27 Oct 2009
Working Paper Series
Humboldt University of Berlin - Faculty of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads
129
38.
Vocational vs. General Education and Employment Over the Life-Cycle: New Evidence from PIAAC
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6116
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 18 Nov 2016
Working Paper Series
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and Ifo Institute for Economic Research
There are 2 versions of this paper
Vocational vs. General Education and Employment Over the Life-Cycle: New Evidence from PIAAC
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6116
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 18 Nov 2016
Downloads
126
Vocational vs. General Education and Employment Over the Life-Cycle: New Evidence from PIAAC
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10298
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 31 Oct 2016
Downloads
16
Downloads
126
39.
More Schooling, More Children? Compulsory Schooling and Fertility in Europe
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5068
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 02 Dec 2014
Working Paper Series
University of Bologna, Johannes Kepler University Linz - Department of Economics and Johannes Kepler University Linz - Department of Economics
Downloads
116
40.
Trade, Education, and the Shrinking Middle Class
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4141
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 08 Mar 2013
Working Paper Series
Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and Bielefeld University
There are 2 versions of this paper
Trade, Education, and the Shrinking Middle Class
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4141
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 08 Mar 2013
Downloads
115
Trade, Education, and the Shrinking Middle Class
Bielefeld Working Papers in Economics and Management No. 03-2013
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 14 Feb 2013
Downloads
51
Downloads
115
41.
The Return to College: Selection Bias and Dropout Risk
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4733
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 07 May 2014
Working Paper Series
UNC Chapel Hill and University of Washington
Downloads
114
42.
Migration and Networks: Does Education Matter More than Gender?
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3010
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 17 Apr 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Luxemburg and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
Downloads
112
43.
Measuring the Consumption Value of Higher Education
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2799
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 09 Dec 2009
Working Paper Series
School of Economics and Business, NMBU
Downloads
109
44.
Why are Single-Sex Schools Successful?
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6535
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 20 Jul 2017
Working Paper Series
University College London, University College London and Korea University
There are 2 versions of this paper
Why are Single-Sex Schools Successful?
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6535
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 20 Jul 2017
Downloads
109
Why are Single-Sex Schools Successful?
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12101
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 19 Jun 2017
Downloads
109
45.
A Non-Experimental Evaluation of Curricular Effectiveness in Math
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 09-12
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 27 Oct 2009
Last Revised: 07 May 2010
Working Paper Series
Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Department of Economics and University of Missouri - Economics
Downloads
108
46.
Government Deficits in the European Union: An Analysis of Entry and Exit Dynamics
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2703
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 14 Jul 2009
Working Paper Series
European Commission, DG II and EcoMod - Brussels
Downloads
107
47.
Dissecting Network Externalities in International Migration
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3333
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 07 Feb 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Luxemburg, Université catholique de Louvain and World Bank - Research Department
Downloads
105
48.
Women's Education and Family Behavior: Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2940
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 18 Feb 2010
Working Paper Series
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis (OTA) and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
There are 2 versions of this paper
Women's Education and Family Behavior: Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2940
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 18 Feb 2010
Downloads
105
Women's Education and Family Behavior: Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility
NBER Working Paper No. w15725
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 08 Feb 2010
Last Revised: 01 Dec 2011
Downloads
37
Downloads
105
49.
Total Instructional Time Exposure and Student Achievement: An Extreme Bounds Analysis Based on German State-Level Variation
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3580
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 22 Sep 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Leipzig - Institute for Empirical Research in Economics (IEW)/Econometrics and University of Leipzig
Downloads
104
50.
Catch Me If You Can - Education and Catch-Up in the Industrial Revolution
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2816
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 27 Oct 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Warwick, University of Cologne - Center for Macroeconomic Research (CMR) and Ifo Institute for Economic Research
There are 2 versions of this paper
Catch Me If You Can - Education and Catch-Up in the Industrial Revolution
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2816
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 27 Oct 2009
Downloads
103
Catch Me If You Can: Education and Catch-Up in the Industrial Revolution
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4556
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Downloads
97
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103
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