The validity of family background variables instrumenting education in income regressions has been much criticized. In … instruments in income regressions. …

Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from …) income and of education. Using instrumental variables can provide a way out. However, three questions remain: whether … that the relationship between education and entrepreneurial income is indeed endogenous and that the impact of endogeneity …

begin with the fact that parents from educationally disadvantaged households are less able to support their children by … reading to them. Children from educationally disadvan-taged households attend early childhood education less often; their … parents have greater difficulty finding a place in a day-care centre, have less contact with teachers at schools and are often …

gelten, käme es zu einer starken Belastung der zukünftigen Generation und einem Verstoß gegen die Generationengerechtigkeit. …The coalition agreement prevents tax increases. However, the federal government needs income for politically desirable …

alleviate this problem. On the contrary, its two central elements, an expansion of the pension claims of mothers whose children …