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The Role of Family Risk Attitudes in Education and Intergenerational Mobility: An Empirical Analysis
Huebener, Mathias - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
This paper analyses the role of family risk attitudes in intergenerational mobility in incomes and education. Based on 1984-2009 data of sons and fathers from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey, there is evidence suggesting that sons with risk taking fathers have a significantly higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818237
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The impact of class absenteeism on undergraduates’ academic performance: evidence from an elite Economics school in Portugal
Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013
Portugal, it is shown that even when controlling for potential endogenous factors associated to attendance and academic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010842595
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Hay que cambiar el modelo clásico de la innovación.
Romelaer, Pierre - Université Paris-Dauphine
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370238
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Human capital, trade and long-run productivity. Testing the technological absorption hypothesis for the Portuguese economy, 1960-2001
Teixeira, Aurora A.C.; Fortuna, Natércia - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2006
technological innovation, and to adopt and to implement efficiently technology from abroad. However, the role of human capital as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059453
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Human Capital, Innovation Capability and Economic Growth
Teixeira, Aurora; Fortuna, Natércia - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2003
In this paper, we study human capital effects on economic growth of Portugal from 1960 to 2001. By using VAR and … cointegration analyses, we obtain 0.42 long-run estimate for human capital elasticity, 0.30 long-run estimate for internal knowledge … between human capital and innovation capability. These estimates seem to confirm that human capital and indigenous innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059562
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Who Dares, Wins?: A Sibling Analysis of Tertiary Education Transition in Germany
Keller, Tamás; Neidhöfer, Guido - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
Past studies have found that parental background has a considerable impact on educational decisions. Our knowledge is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267925
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Educational Choice and Risk Aversion: How Important Is Structural vs. Individual Risk Aversion?
Hartlaub, Vanessa; Schneider, Thorsten - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
According to sociological theories on educational choice, risk aversion is the main driving force for class-specific educational decisions. Families from upper social classes have to opt for the academically most demanding, long-lasting courses to avoid an intergenerational status loss. Families...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653975
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Participation in Continuing Vocational Training in Germany between 1989 and 2008
Yendell, Alexander - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
Who participates in continuing vocational training and who does not? This central question in research on continuing vocational training gains in significance the more the importance of lifelong learning is postulated. On the basis of the SOEP data collection periods of 1989, 1993, 2000, 2004...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896226
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A New Color in the Picture: The Impact of Educational Fields on Fertility in Western Germany
Oppermann, Anja - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
The extensive research on the impact of educational attainment on fertility behavior has been expanded by a new dimension. According to these recent findings, not only the level but also the field of education has to be taken into account. The field of education determines a great deal about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896262
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The Prospects of the Baby Boomers: Methodological Challenges in Projecting the Lives of an Aging Cohort
Westermeier, Christian; Rasner, Anika; Grabka, Markus M. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
In most industrialized countries, the work and family patterns of the baby boomers characterized by more heterogeneous working careers and less stable family lives setthem apart from preceding cohorts. Thus, it is of crucial importance to understand how these different work and family lives are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010787014