Economics of Education
The Economics of Education area is headed by Eric A. Hanushek (Hoover Institution of Stanford University) and Ludger Woessmann (ifo Institute and LMU Munich). The area brings together the world's best economists studying issues of schooling at all levels. A major goal is providing scientific input into policy discussions about the improvement of education..
„My goal as area director is facilitating scholarly interaction that leads to new and improved ways to bring rigorous analysis to the study of education. The economics of education is a very dynamic area of research, and the network provides a mechanism for transmitting state of the art approaches to the analysis of educational performance.“
Professor Eric A. Hanushek, Area Director Economics of Education
„High-quality education is the foundation for long-run economic prosperity at the micro and macro level. The CESifo area explores which aspects of education are crucial for prosperity and equity and which policies work to improve education. The international network allows us to learn from different countries’ experiences.“
Professor Ludger Woessmann, Area Director Economics of Education
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Eric A. Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He has been a leader in the development of economic analysis of educational issues. He has authored numerous, highly cited studies on the effects of class size reduction, high stakes accountability, value-added assessments of teacher quality, and other education-related topics. His pioneering analysis measuring teacher quality through the growth in student achievement forms the basis for current research into the value-added of teachers and schools. His book with Ludger Woessmann, The Knowledge Capital of Nations: Education and the Economics of Growth, identifies the close link between the skills of the people and the economic growth of the nation and shows the economic impact of high-quality schools. He has authored or edited 23 books along with over 200 articles. He is a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and completed his PhD in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ludger Woessmann is Director of the ifo Center for the Economics of Education and Professor of Economics at the University of Munich. He is also Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Being interested in the determinants of long-term prosperity of mankind, his main research focus is on the economics of education, especially the importance of education for economic prosperity and the effects of school systems on educational achievement and equality of opportunity. His work was rewarded, among others, with the Hermann Heinrich Gossen Award and the Gustav Stolper Award of the German Economic Association and the Young Economist Award of the European Economic Association. He is co-editor of the Handbook of the Economics of Education and a Fellow of the Academia Europaea, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Academic Advisory Council of the German Federal Ministry of Economics, and the International Academy of Education. His work has been published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Economic Literature, and Science, among many others, and is regularly covered by the national and international media.
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of South Carolina
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CESifo Research Network FellowCollège de France
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CESifo Research Network FellowEuropean University Institute
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateStockholm University
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CESifo Research Network FellowYale University
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CESifo Research Network FellowDuke University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateArizona State University
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CESifo Research Network FellowNational Research University Higher School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateBoston University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of St.Gallen
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CESifo Research Network FellowTexas A&M University
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CESifo Research Network FellowEberhard Karls University Tübingen
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CESifo Research Network FellowIndiana University
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CESifo Research Network FellowThe University of Texas at Austin
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CESifo Research Network FellowStanford University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateLund University
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CESifo Research Network FellowColumbia University
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CESifo Research Network FellowNorwegian University of Science and Technology
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateRheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
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CESifo Research Network Affiliateifo Institut
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversità degli Studi Padova
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateHarvard University
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CESifo Research Network FellowInstitute for Fiscal Studies
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CESifo Research Network FellowFederal Reserve Bank of New York
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateIndian Institute of Management Calcutta
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CESifo Research Network FellowRoyal Holloway, University of London
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Bergamo
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateColumbia University, Teachers College
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity College London
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Utah
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of California, San Diego
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CESifo Research Network FellowRice University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Oslo
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CESifo Research Network FellowKU Leuven
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CESifo Research Network FellowStanford University
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CESifo Research Network FellowHarvard University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Notre Dame
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateThe World Bank
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateDuke University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateHarvard University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Sussex
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CESifo Research Network FellowMassachusetts Institute of Technology
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity College London
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CESifo Research Network FellowHarvard University
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CESifo Research Network FellowStockholm University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Michigan
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of California, Los Angeles
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CESifo Research Network FellowNorwegian University of Science and Technology
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Konstanz
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Rochester
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CESifo Research Network FellowHunter College
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CESifo Research Network FellowCornell University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversità di Bologna
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateNew York University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateThe Rockwool Foundation
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CESifo Research Network FellowNew York University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateWageningen University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network FellowBoston University
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CESifo Research Network FellowStanford University
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CESifo Research Network FellowThe Norwegian Ministry of Finance
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Toronto
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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CESifo Research Network FellowInstitute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU)
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUCL Institute of Education
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CESifo Research Network FellowStanford University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateYale University
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CESifo Research Network FellowMichigan State University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateForschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA)
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Michigan
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity College Dublin
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateMississippi State University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateRPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Kaiserslautern-Landau
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CESifo Research Network FellowEmory University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Bayreuth
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CESifo Research Network FellowStatistics Norway
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversität Würzburg
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CESifo Research Network FellowBrown University
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CESifo Research Network FellowCREST
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CESifo Research Network FellowThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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CESifo Research Network FellowAustralian House of Representatives
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateTechnische Universität München
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Oslo
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Gothenburg
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Western Ontario
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CESifo Research Network FellowBrown University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
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CESifo Research Network FellowCornell University
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CESifo Research Network FellowLunds Universitet
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity College London
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CESifo Research Network FellowNorthwestern University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversidad de los Andes
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Surrey
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateThe University of Queensland
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CESifo Research Network FellowYale University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Western Ontario
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateRAND Corporation
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of California, San Diego
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Texas at Austin
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of St Andrews
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CESifo Research Network FellowAarhus University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Oxford
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateColby College
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CESifo Research Network Affiliateifo Institut
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CESifo Research Network FellowThe University of Melbourne
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversität zu Köln
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateAllianz Deutschland AG
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversiteit van Amsterdam
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Missouri
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CESifo Research Network FellowNortheastern University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Oxford
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Essex
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CESifo Research Network FellowStanford University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Stavanger
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Erfurt
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversità degli Studi di Padova
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
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CESifo Research Network FellowDartmouth College
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CESifo Research Network FellowNHH Norwegian School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity College London
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversidade Nova de Lisboa
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Oslo
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CESifo Research Network FellowÉcole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Konstanz
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateTufts University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Pennsylvania
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateNHH Norwegian School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network FellowLondon School of Economics and Political Science
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateStockholm School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversiteit van Amsterdam
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CESifo Research Network FellowBocconi University
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CESifo Research Network FellowGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen
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CESifo Research Network FellowHarvard Graduate School of Education
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateQueen Mary University London
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity College London
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Chicago
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Virginia
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CESifo Research Network FellowUnion University
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CESifo Research Network FellowLondon School of Economics and Political Science
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateThe Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID)
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Houston
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CESifo Research Network Affiliateifo Institut
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CESifo Research Network FellowHarvard University
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CESifo Research Network FellowHalle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateNHH Norwegian School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network Fellowifo Institut
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversität Bern
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CESifo Research Network FellowSyracuse University
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CESifo Research Network FellowThe London School of Economics and Political Science
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Michigan
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateFachhochschule Reutlingen
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CESifo Research Network FellowTel-Aviv University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Zurich
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CESifo Research Network Affiliateifo Institut
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CESifo Research Network FellowRAND Corporation
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The Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award, aimed at encouraging talented young scholars, is awarded to the best paper presented by a young author at each of the CESifo Area conferences. Accepted candidates are invited to attend the Area Conference to which they have been nominated and present their paper. An award committee will judge the papers (and presentations) and select a winner. Nominations will be considered for candidates who are either close to completion of the PhD, or who have completed their PhD in the previous five years. The same limit applies to co-authors in the case of papers with multiple authors. The criteria for the award are scientific originality, policy relevance and quality of exposition. The winning paper will appear in the CESifo Working Paper Series.
Year Distinguished Affiliate(s) Title of the paper 2023 Adam Altmejd Inheritance of Fields of Study 2022 Mikko Silliman Childcare, Social Skills, and the Labor Market 2021 Barbara Biasi The Education-Innovation Gap Alexander L.P. Willén When Parents Decide: Gender Differences in Competitiveness 2019 Camille Terrier Fiscal and Education Spillovers from Charter School Expansion 2018 Jason B. Cook Racial Segregation, Student Achievement, and Postsecondary Attainment: Evidence from the Introduction of Race-Blind Magnet School Lotteries Ulf Zölitz Peers from Venus and Mars – Higher-Achieving Men Foster Gender Gaps in Major Choice and Labor Market Outcomes 2017 Will S. Dobbie Racial Bias in Bail Decisions Simon Jäger How Substitutable Are Workers? Evidence from Worker Deaths Jens Ruhose International Emigrant Selection on Occupational Skills 2016 Sarah R. Cohodes The Long-Run Impacts of Tracking High-Achieving Students: Evidence from Boston’s Advanced Work Class 2015 Lesley J. Turner All or Nothing? The Impact of School and Classroom Gender Composition on Effort and Academic Achievement 2014 Andrew Christopher Barr Fighting for Education: Veterans and Financial Aid 2013 Peter Leopold S. Bergman Parent-Child Information Frictions and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from a Field Experiment 2012 Monique De Haan The Effect of Additional Funds for Low-ability Pupils: A Nonparametric Bounds Analysis 2011 Karthik Muralidharan
Long-Term Effects of Teacher Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from India 2010 Katja Maria Kaufmann Educational Choices and Subjective Expectations of Returns: Evidence on Intra-Household Decisions and Gender Differences
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CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education 2019
CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education 2020
CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education 2021
CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education 2022
CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education 2023
All CESifo research network members are invited to submit papers to the annual CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education. Organized by Eric A. Hanushek (Stanford University, Area Director) and Ludger Woessmann (Ifo Institute), the conference brings together network members to discuss their recent research and to encourage broader interactions, particularly on both sides of the Atlantic.
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