Effects of educational policy interventions on educational and labor market outcomes
The projects in this research area examine how educational policy interventions, i.e. changes in the legal frameworks or changes in organizational policies of educational institutions affect the choices or the outcomes of individuals within the education system and later in the labor market.
"Empowering refugees: The role of comprehensive training programs in labor market integration." Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 218, 2025 (first version 2024). By Chiara Zisler, Eric Bettinger and Uschi Backes-Gellner.
"How Scary is the Risk of Automation? Evidence from a Large Survey Experiment." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2025 forthcoming). By Christian Gschwendt, Maria A. Cattaneo and Stefan C. Wolter. LH Working Paper No. 213.
"How Selectivity Shapes Selection." Swiss Leading House “Economics of Education” Working Paper No. 236, 2025. By Claudio Schilter.
"It’s all about maths! Skill requirements and the gender gap in occupational choice." Swiss Leading House “Economics of Education” Working Paper No. 237, 2025. By Thea Zöllner.
"Minimum Wages and Human Capital Investment: A Meta-Regression Analysis." British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2025. By Hristos Doucouliagos and Katarina Zigova. LH Working Paper No. 219.
"Virtual vs. In-Person Career Fairs: The Impact on Search Activity and Diversity." Applied Economic Letters, 2025. By Daniel Goller, Chiara Graf and Stefan C. Wolter. LH Working Paper No. 224.
"Are parents an obstacle to gender-atypical occupational choices?" Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 216, 2024. By Stefan C. Wolter and Thea Zöllner.
"Competitive Peers: The Way to Higher Paying Jobs?" Swiss Leading House “Economics of Education” Working Paper No. 228, 2024. By Claudio Schilter, Samuel Luethi and Stefan C. Wolter.
"Opening doors for immigrants: The importance of occupational and workplace-based cultural skills for successful labor market entry." Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 204, 2024 (first version 2023). By Chiara Zisler, Damiano Pregaldini and Uschi Backes-Gellner.
"The Effect of Postsecondary Educational Institutions on Local Economies: A Bird’s-Eye View." Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 210, 2024. By Patrick Lehnert, Madison Dell, Uschi Backes-Gellner and Eric Bettinger.
"When patience pays off – evidence on cultural determinants of post-compulsory education achievement." Swiss Leading House “Economics of Education” Working Paper No. 226, 2024. By Samuel Luethi and Stefan C. Wolter.
"Countering Gender-Typicality in Occupational Choices: An Information Intervention Targeted at Adolescents." Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 207, 2023 (first version 2022). By Patricia Palffy, Patrick Lehnert and Uschi Backes-Gellner.
"Sitting next to a dropout: Academic success of students with more educated peers." Economics of Education Review, 93(2023). By Daniel Goller, Andrea Diem and Stefan C. Wolter. LH Working Paper No. 190.
"Social Norms and Gendered Occupational Choices of Men and Women: Time to Turn the Tide?" Industrial Relations, 62(2023)4: 380-410. By Patricia Palffy, Patrick Lehnert and Uschi Backes-Gellner. LH Working Paper No. 183.
""Against all odds." Does awareness of the risk of failure matter for educational choices?" Economics of Education Review, 87(2022). By Maria A. Cattaneo and Stefan C. Wolter. LH Working Paper No. 181.
"Does Ethnic Diversity in Schools Affect Occupational Choices?" Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 201, 2022. By Damiano Pregaldini, Simone Balestra and Uschi Backes-Gellner.
"How negative labor supply shocks affect training in firms: Lessons from opening the Swiss-German border." Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 203, 2022. By Caroline Neuber-Pohl, Damiano Pregaldini, Uschi Backes-Gellner, Sandra Dummert and Harald Pfeifer.
"Local Norms Describing the Role of the State and the Private Provision of Training." European Journal of Political Economy, 75(2022). By Andreas Kuhn, Jürg Schweri and Stefan C. Wolter. LH Working Paper No. 157.
"Much ado about nothing? School Curriculum Reforms and Students’ Educational Trajectories." Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 195, 2022. By Maurizio Strazzeri, Chantal Oggenfuss and Stefan C. Wolter.
"Willingness to compete, gender and career choices along the whole ability distribution."Experimental Economics, 25(2022): 1299-1326. By Thomas Buser, Noemi Peter and Stefan C. Wolter. LH Working Paper No. 135.
"High ability influencers? The heterogeneous effects of gifted classmates." Journal of Human Resources, 10(2021). By Simone Balestra, Aurélien Sallin and Stefan C. Wolter. LH Working Paper No. 170.
"Selected Findings from 10 Years of Public Opinion Surveys on Education in Switzerland." In: Public Opinion and the Political Economy of Education Policy around the World. Eds. by M.R. West and L. Woessmann. Cambridge: MIT Press (2021). 245-273. By Maria A. Cattaneo and Stefan C. Wolter.