Transitions after compulsory education: educational and occupational choices

"Classroom rank in math, occupational choices and labor market outcomes." Swiss Leading House “Economics of Education” Working Paper No. 222, 2025 (first version 2024). By Enzo Brox, Maddalena Davoli and Maurizio Strazzeri.

"Learning loss due to school change: A cause of major concern?" European Education, 56(1): 66-76.  By Domenico Angelone, Chantal Oggenfuss and Stefan C. Wolter (2024).

"Private tutoring and academic achievement in a selective education system." Education Economics, 2024. Maria Zumbuehl, Stefanie Hof and Stefan C. Wolter. LH Working Paper No. 169. 

"Students’ grit and their post-compulsory educational choices and trajectories: Evidence from Switzerland." Swiss Leading House “Economics of Education” Working Paper No. 215. IZA Discussion Paper No. 16945, 2024. By Janine Albiez, Maurizio Strazzeri and Stefan C. Wolter.

"Is being competitive always an advantage? Competitiveness, gender, and labour market success." Labour Economics, 85(2023). By Samuel Luethi and Stefan C. Wolter. LH Working Paper No. 185.

"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.

"The Strength of Gender Norms and Gender-Stereotypical Occupational Aspirations Among Adolescents." Kyklos, 76(2023)1: 101-124. By Andreas Kuhn and Stefan C. Wolter. LH Working Paper No. 151.

"Things versus People: Gender Differences in Vocational Interests and in Occupational Preferences." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 203(2022): 210-234. By Andreas Kuhn and Stefan C. Wolter. IZA Discussion Paper 13380.

"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.

"Do Preferences and Biases predict Life Outcomes? Evidence from Education and Labor Market Entry Decisions." European Economic Review, 134(2021). By Uschi Backes-Gellner, Holger Herz, Michael Kosfeld and Yvonne Oswald. LH Working Paper No. 144.

"From dreams to reality: market forces and changes from occupational intention to occupational choice." Journal of Education and Work, 32(2019)4: 320-334. By Katharina Jaik and Stefan C. Wolter. Open access under LH Working Paper No. 149.

"Gender, Competitiveness, and Study Choices in High School: Evidence from Switzerland." American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 107(2017)5: 125–130. By Thomas Buser, Noemi Peter and Stefan C. Wolter. Open access under LH Working Paper No. 135.

"The native-migrant gap in the progression into and through upper-secondary education." Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 139, 2017. By Stefan C. Wolter and Maria Zumbuehl.

"Lost in Transition: The Influence of Locus of Control on Delaying Educational Decisions." Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 118, 2016. By Katharina Jaik and Stefan C. Wolter.