October 28, 2025
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:
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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 TBAAccess:
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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 JournalAccess:
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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 eads1560Access:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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 235Access:
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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)