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Do literacy and numeracy pay off? On the relationship between basic skills and earnings
Antoni, Manfred; Heineck, Guido - 2012
Is there a reward for basic skills in the German labor market? To answer this question, we examine the relationship between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey, augmented by test scores on basic cognitive skills as well as...
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Familie und Arbeitsmarkt: eine Längsschnittstudie zum Einfluss beruflicher Unsicherheiten auf die Familienerweiterung
Bernhard, Sarah; Kurz, Karin - 2007
auch ein höheres Einkommen realisieren können - eher dazu ihre Familie zu erweitern als weniger gebildete Männer. Außerdem …
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The educational attainment of the second generation in Germany: social origins and ethnic inequality
Kristen, Cornelia; Granato, Nadia - 2007
With the German Microcensus we study the second generation's educational attainment in Germany focusing on the descendants of classic labour migrants. Our results show that educational outcomes in terms of attending or completing the highest schooling track leading to the Abitur considerably...
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Does higher education help immigrants find a job? A survival analysis
Brück-Klingberg, Andrea; Burkert, Carola; Garloff, Alfred - 2011
We analyse the role that education signals play in the transition rates from unemployment to finding a job. We compare the results for Ethnic Germans with those for foreigners from the same origin countries and Native Germans. In the first case, the two have the same labour market access but...
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The intergenerational transmission of educational attainment in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Trübswetter, Parvati - 2011
, educational opportunities were at times 'actively managed' and allocated to children of less educated parents. What happened to …In sozialistischen Ländern wurde oft die Auflösung sozialer Klassen angestrebt. Dazu wurden vor allem Kinder von … weniger gebildeten Eltern aktiv in ihrer Bildungskarriere gefördert. Was passierte mit diesem Muster nach dem Fall der Mauer …
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Do changing institutional settings matter? Educational attainment and family related employment interruptions in Germany
Drasch, Katrin - 2011
-ALWA Studie wird festgestellt, dass Frauen mit unterschiedlichem Bildungsniveau auch unter Berücksichtigung des Bildungsniveaus …
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