Skills and Earnings: A Multidimensional Perspective on Human Capital
Authors: Ludger Woessmann (ifo Institute and LMU Munich) Published 2025 in: Annual Review of Economics 17 (Pages 397-425) Access: Access publication
Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes? Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education
Authors: Benjamin W. Arold (University of Cambridge)Ludger Woessmann (ifo Institute and LMU Munich)Larissa Zierow (Reutlingen University) Published 2025 in: Journal of Human Resources TBA Access: Access publication
Patience and Subnational Differences in Human Capital: Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests
Authors: Eric A. Hanushek (Stanford University)Lavinia Kinne (DIW Berlin)Pietro Sancassani (ifo Institute and LMU Munich)Ludger Woessmann (ifo Institute and LMU Munich) Published 2025 in: The Economic Journal Access: Access publication
Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It
Authors: Ludger Woessmann (LMU Munich and ifo Institute)Eric A. Hanushek (Stanford University)Lavinia Kinne (DIW Berlin)Frauke Witthöft (ifo Institute) Published 2025 in: Science Advances 11/10 eads1560 Access: Access publication
Religion and Growth
Authors: Ludger Woessmann (LMU Munich and ifo Institute Munich)Sascha O. Becker (University of Warwick and Monash University)Jared Rubin (Chapman University) Published 2024 in: Journal of Economic Literature 62/3 (Pages 1094–1142) Access: Access publication
Alcohol, Violence and Injury-Inducted Mortality: Evidence from a Modern-Day Prohibition
Authors: Kai Barron (WZB Berlin)Charles Parry (SAMRC)Debbie Bradshaw (SAMRC)Rob Dorrington (University of Cape Town)Pam Groenewald (SAMRC)Ria Laubscher (SAMRC)Richard Matzopoulos (SAMRC and UCT) Published 2024 in: Review of Economics and Statistics 106/4 (Pages 938-955) Access: Access publication
Testing
Authors: Annika B. BergbauerEric A. Hanushek (Stanford University)Ludger Woessmann (LMU Munich and ifo Institute) Published 2024 in: Journal of Human Resources 59(2) Access: Access publication
Can Mentoring Alleviate Family Disadvantage in Adolescence? A Field Experiment to Improve Labor-Market Prospects
Authors: Sven Resnjanskij (University of Konstanz)Jens Ruhose (Kiel University)Simon Wiederhold (IWH and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)Ludger Woessmann (LMU Munich and ifo Institute)Katharina Wedel (ifo Institute) Published 2024 in: Journal of Political Economy 132(3) Access: Access publication
The E-word – On the Public Acceptance of Experiments
Authors: Mira Fischer (WZB)Elisabeth Grewenig (KfW) Philipp Lergetporer (TU Munich)Katharina Werner (ifo Institute)Helen Zeidler (TU Munich) Published 2024 in: Economics Letters 235 Access: Access publication
Global Universal Basic Skills: Current Deficits and Implications for World Development
Authors: Sarah Gust (ifo Institute)Eric A. Hanushek (Stanford University)Ludger Woessmann (ifo Institute and LMU Munich) Published 2023 in: Journal of Development Economics 166 Access: Access publication