Edwin Leuven

• de Haan, Monique & Leuven, Edwin (2019). Head Start and the distribution of long term education and labor market outcomes. Journal of Labor Economics.  ISSN 0734-306X.
• Ketel, Nadine; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel & Van Der Klaauw, Bas (2019). Do Dutch dentists extract monopoly rents?. Journal of Health Economics.  ISSN 0167-6296.  63(January), s 145- 158 . doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.11.001
• Leuven, Edwin & Løkken, Sturla Andreas Kise (2018). Long-Term Impacts of Class Size in Compulsory School. The Journal of human resources.  ISSN 0022-166X. . doi: 10.3368/jhr.55.2.0217.8574R2
• Booij, Adam S.; Leuven, Edwin & Oosterbeek, Hessel (2017). Ability peer effects in university: Evidence from a randomized experiment. The Review of Economic Studies.  ISSN 0034-6527.  84(2), s 547- 578 . doi: /10.1093/restud/rdw045 Full text in Research Archive.
• Leuven, Edwin & Løkken, Sturla Andreas Kise (2017). Long Term Impacts of Class Size in Compulsory School. IZA Discussion Papers.  ISSN 2365-9793.  (10594) Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  How does class size in compulsory school affect peoples’ long run education and earnings? We use maximum class size rules and Norwegian administrative registries allowing us to observe outcomes up to age 48. We do not find any indication of beneficial effects of class size reduction in compulsory school. For a 1 person reduction in class size we can rule out effects on income as small as 0.087 percent in primary school and 0.12 percent in middle school. Population differences in parental background, school size or competitive pressure do not appear to reconcile our findings with previous studies.

• Bonhomme, Stephane; Jolivet, Gregory & Leuven, Edwin (2016). School Characteristics and Teacher Turnover: Assessing the Role of Preferences and Opportunities. Economic Journal.  ISSN 0013-0133.  126(594), s 1342- 1371 . doi: 10.1111/ecoj.12279
• de Haan, Monique & Leuven, Edwin (2016). Head Start and the Distribution of Long Term Education and Labor Market Outcomes. IZA Discussion Papers.  ISSN 2365-9793.  (9915) Show summary

  In this paper we investigate the effect of Head Start on long term education and labor market outcomes using data from the NLSY79. The contributions to the existing literature on the effectiveness of Head Start are threefold: (1) we are the first to examine distributional effects of Head Start on long term outcomes (2) we do not rely on quasi-experimental variation in Head Start participation but instead perform a nonparametric bounds analysis that relies on weak stochastic dominance assumptions and (3) we consider education and labor market outcomes observed for individuals in their early 30s. The results show that Head Start has a statistically significant positive effect on years of education, in particular for women, blacks and Hispanics. For wage income we also find evidence that Head Start has beneficial impacts, with effects located at the lower end of the distribution.

• de Haan, Monique; Leuven, Edwin & Oosterbeek, Hessel (2016). School consolidation and student achievement. Journal of Law, Economics & Organization.  ISSN 8756-6222.  32(4), s 816- 839 . doi: 10.1093/jleo/eww006
• Ketel, Nadine; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel & Van Der Klaauw, Bas (2016). The returns to medical school: Evidence from admission lotteries. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.  ISSN 1945-7782.  8(2), s 225- 254 . doi: 10.1257/app.20140506
• Kirkebøen, Lars Johannnessen; Leuven, Edwin & Mogstad, Magne (2016). Field of Study, Earnings, and Self-Selection. Quarterly Journal of Economics.  ISSN 0033-5533.  131(3), s 1057- 1111 . doi: 10.1093/qje/qjw019
• Leuven, Edwin; Plug, Erik & Rønning, Marte (2016). Education and cancer risk. Labour Economics.  ISSN 0927-5371.  43, s 106- 121 . doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2016.06.006
• Leuven, Edwin & Rønning, Marte (2016). Classroom grade composition and pupil achievement. Economic Journal.  ISSN 0013-0133.  126(593), s 1164- 1192 . doi: 10.1111/ecoj.12177 Show summary

  This article exploits discontinuous grade mixing rules in Norwegian junior high schools to estimate how classroom grade composition affects pupil achievement. Pupils in mixed grade classrooms are found to outperform pupils in single grade classrooms. This finding is driven by pupils benefiting from sharing the classroom with more mature peers from higher grades. The presence of lower grade peers is detrimental for achievement. Pupils can, therefore, benefit from de-tracking by grade but the effects depend crucially on how the classroom is balanced in terms of lower and higher grades. These results reconcile the contradictory findings in the literature.

• Bhuller, Manudeep Singh; Havnes, Tarjei; Leuven, Edwin & Mogstad, Magne (2013). Broadband Internet: An Information Superhighway to Sex Crime?. The Review of Economic Studies.  ISSN 0034-6527.  80(4), s 1237- 1266 . doi: 10.1093/restud/rdt013
• Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel & De Wolf, Inge (2013). The effects of medical school on health outcomes: Evidence from admission lotteries. Journal of Health Economics.  ISSN 0167-6296.  32(4), s 698- 707 . doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.04.001
• Booij, Adam S.; Leuven, Edwin & Oosterbeek, Hessel (2012). The role of information in the take-up of student loans. Economics of Education Review.  ISSN 0272-7757.  31(1), s 33- 44 . doi: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.08.009
• Leuven, Edwin & Oosterbeek, Hessel (2011). Overeducation and mismatch in the labor market, In Eric A. Hanushek; Stephen Machin & Ludger Woessmann (ed.),  Handbook of The Economics of Education, Volume 4.  Elsevier.  ISBN 978-0-444-53444-6.  3.  s 283 - 326
• Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Sonnemans, Joep & Van Der Klaauw, Bas (2011). Incentives versus sorting in tournaments: Evidence from a field experiment. Journal of Labor Economics.  ISSN 0734-306X.  29(3), s 637- 658 . doi: 10.1086/659345
• Leuven, Edwin; Lindahl, Mikael; Oosterbeek, Hessel & Webbink, Dinand (2010). Expanding schooling opportunities for 4-year-olds. Economics of Education Review.  ISSN 0272-7757.  29(3), s 319- 328 . doi: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.10.004
• Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel & Van Der Klaauw, Bas (2010). The effect of financial rewards on students achievement: Evidence from a randomized experiment. Journal of the European Economic Association.  ISSN 1542-4766.  8(6), s 1243- 1265 . doi: 10.1111/j.1542-4774.2010.tb00554.x
• Leuven, Edwin & Oosterbeek, Hessel (2008). An alternative approach to estimate the wage returns to private-sector training. Journal of applied econometrics.  ISSN 0883-7252.  23, s 423- 434 . doi: 10.1002/jae.1005
• Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel & Rønning, Marte (2008). Quasi-experimental Estimates of the Effect of Class Size on Achievement in Norway. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics.  ISSN 0347-0520.  110(4), s 663- 693 . doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00556.x Show summary

  Using a comprehensive Norwegian administrative database, we exploit independent quasi-experimental methods to estimate the effect of class size on student achievement at the end of lower-secondary school. Identification based on maximum class-size rules and population variation (and variations on these methods) give very similar estimates. We cannot reject that the class-size effect is equal to zero, and can rule out effects as small as 1.5 percent of a standard deviation for a one-student change in class size during three consecutive years.

• Bassannini, Andrea; Booth, Alison; Brunello, Giorgio; Leuven, Edwin & De Paola, Maria (2007). Workplace Training in Europe, In Giorgio Brunello; Pietro Garibaldo & Etienne Wasmer (ed.),  Education and Training in Europe.  Oxford University Press.  ISBN 978-0-19-921097-8.  8-13.  s 143 - 323
• Leuven, Edwin; Lindahl, Mikael; Oosterbeek, Hessel & Webbink, Dinand (2007). The effect of extra funding for disadvantaged students on achievement. Review of Economics and Statistics.  ISSN 0034-6535.  89(4), s 721- 736 . doi: 10.1162/rest.89.4.721
• Leuven, Edwin & Oosterbeek, Hessel (2007). The Effectiveness of Human Capital Policies for Disadvantaged Groups in the Netherlands, In Ludger Woessmann & Paul E. Peterson (ed.),  Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem.  MIT Press.  ISBN 978-0-262-23257-9.  8.  s 191 - 208
• Leuven, Edwin (2005). The economics of private-sector training: A review of the literature. Journal of economic surveys (Print).  ISSN 0950-0804.  19(1), s 91- 111 . doi: 10.1111/j.0950-0804.2005.00240.x
• Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Sloof, Randolph & Van Klaveren, Chris (2005). Worker reciprocity and employer investment in training. Economica.  ISSN 0013-0427.  72(285), s 137- 149 . doi: 10.1111/j.0013-0427.2005.00405.x
• Leuven, Edwin & Oosterbeek, Hessel (2004). Evaluating the effect of tax deductions on training. Journal of Labor Economics.  ISSN 0734-306X.  22(2), s 461- 488 . doi: 10.1086/381257
• Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel & Van Ophem, Hans (2004). Explaining international differences in male wage inequality by differences in demand and supply of skill. Economic Journal.  ISSN 0013-0133.  144(495), s 478- 498 . doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2004.00217.x
• Sloof, Randolph; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel & Sonnemans, Joep (2003). An experimental comparison of reliance levels under alternative breach remedies. The Rand Journal of Economics.  ISSN 0741-6261.  34(2), s 205- 222
• Leuven, Edwin; Hartog, Joop & Teulings, Coen N. (2002). Wages and the Bargaining Regime in a Corporatist Setting. European Journal of Political Economy.  ISSN 0176-2680.  18, s 317- 331 . doi: 10.1016/S0176-2680(02)00083-6
• Leuven, Edwin & Oosterbeek, Hessel (2001). Firm-specific human capital as a shared investment: Comment. The American Economic Review.  ISSN 0002-8282.  91(1), s 342- 347 . doi: 10.1257/aer.91.1.342

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• Leuven, Edwin (2019). College as a Marriage Market.
• Leuven, Edwin (2019). College as a Marriage Market.
• Leuven, Edwin (2019). Dynamic Compliance.
• Akerman, Anders; Leuven, Edwin & Mogstad, Magne (2018). Information Frictions, Internet and the Relationship between Distance and Trade; Memo 01/2018. Memorandum from Department of Economics, University of Oslo. No 01/2018 Updated September 2019. Show summary

  This paper studies how and why the adoption of information communication technology (ICT) affects bilateral trade flows. The context is a public program in Norway which rolled out broadband access points leading to plausibly exogenous variation in the availability and adoption of broadband internet by firms. We find that broadband internet makes trade patterns more sensitive to distance and economic size, and show that these results are consistent with a model of international trade with variable elasticity of demand and information frictions. Our findings shed light on the so-called “distance puzzle” in international trade.

• de Haan, Monique & Leuven, Edwin (2017). Head Start and the distribution of long term education and labor market outcomes​.
• Leuven, Edwin & Løkken, Sturla Andreas Kise (2017). Long term impacts of class size in compulsory school. Discussion papers. 858.
• de Haan, Monique & Leuven, Edwin (2016). Head Start and the distribution of long term education and labor market outcomes.
• de Haan, Monique & Leuven, Edwin (2016). Head Start and the distribution of long term education and labor market outcomes.
• Leuven, Edwin (2014). Ability peer effects in university: Evidence from a randomized experiment.
• Leuven, Edwin (2014). Ability peer effects in university: Evidence from a randomized experiment.
• Leuven, Edwin (2014). Field of Study, Earnings and Self-Selection.
• Leuven, Edwin (2014). Field of Study, Earnings and Self-Selection:.
• Leuven, Edwin (2014). Field of Study, Earnings and Self-Selection:.
• Leuven, Edwin (2014). Field of Study, Earnings and Self-Selection:.
• Leuven, Edwin (2014). Long run effects of class size.
• Leuven, Edwin; Kirkebøen, Lars & Mogstad, Magne (2014). Field of Study, Earnings, and Self-Selection. Memorandum from Department of Economics, University of Oslo. 29/2014.
• Leuven, Edwin; Plug, Erik & Rønning, Marte (2014). Education and Cancer Risk. Memorandum from Department of Economics, University of Oslo. 06/2014.
• Leuven, Edwin; Plug, Erik & Rønning, Marte (2014). The Relative Contribution of Genetic and Environmental Factors to Cancer Risk and Cancer Mortality in Norway. Memorandum from Department of Economics, University of Oslo. 05/2014.
• Leuven, Edwin; Eielsen, Gaute; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannnessen; Rønning, Marte & Raaum, Oddbjørn (2013). Effektevaluering av intensivopplæringen i Overgangsprosjektet, Ny GIV. Rapporter / Statistisk sentralbyrå. 2013/54.
• Bhuller, Manudeep Singh; Havnes, Tarjei; Leuven, Edwin & Mogstad, Magne (2012). Broadband Internet: An Information Superhighway to Sex Crime?. CESifo working papers. 3871.
• Bhuller, Manudeep Singh; Havnes, Tarjei; Leuven, Edwin & Mogstad, Magne (2011). Broadband Internet: An Information Superhighway to Sex Crime?. IZA DP. 5675.

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