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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...
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Innovation and Social Capital: A Cross-country Investigation
Doh, Soogwan; Acs, Zoltan J. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This study explores the impact of social capital on innovation by constructing a more general measure of social capital … that social capital has a positive impact on innovation at the national level. After controlling for R&D expenditure and … human capital there is a positive relationship between social capital and innovation. Social capital interacts with …
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Human Capital Diversity and Product Innovation: A Micro-Level Analysis
Söllner, Rene - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The paper investigates the relationship between human capital diversity measured in terms of occupational diversity and a firm's likelihood to innovate. The empirical analysis is based on a linked employer-employee panel dataset of German firms over the period 1998 to 2007. Despite notable...
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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...
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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...
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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
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Better Luck Next Time: Learning through Retaking
Krishna, Kala; Lychagin, Sergey; Yavas, Cemile; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
This paper provides some evidence that repeat taking of competitive exams may reduce the impact of background disadvantages on educational outcomes. Using administra- tive data on the university entrance exam in Turkey, the paper estimates cumulative learning between the first and the nth...
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Equidad en la distribución de la oferta de educación pública en Argentina
Bezem, Pablo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Las escuelas pobres para "pobres" cristalizan la brecha social y profundizan las desigualdades. En otras palabras, las condiciones materiales de las escuelas pueden tener un efecto redistributivo porque impactan positivamente sobre el aprendizaje y contrarrestan la incidencia del nivel...
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