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The role of parental investments for cognitive and noncognitive skill formation: Evidence for the first 11 years of life

Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; Reuß, Karsten - 2010

during childhood using data from a longitudinal study, the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, starting at birth. Our work … characteristics of children. Third, we examine the skill development for girls and boys separately, as well as for children who were …

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Noncognitive skills, school achievements and educational dropout

Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2009

We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both,...

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Noncognitive Skills, School Achievements and Educational Dropout (Revised Version)

Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2010

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Self-Productivity in Early Childhood

Coneus, Katja; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2007

Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages. This paper presents an empirical investigation of self-productivity in early childhood in...

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Self-Productivity in Early Childhood

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Coneus, Katja - 2007

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Self-Productivity and Complementarities in Human Development: Evidence from MARS

Laucht, Manfred; Coneus, Katja; Blomeyer, Dorothea; … - 2008

well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk (MARS), an epidemiological …

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The Effect of Early Noncognitive Skills on Social Outcomes in Adolescence

Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred - 2008

epidemiological cohort study of 384 children at risk from the Rhine-Neckar Region in Germany. Our results indicate that noncognitive …

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Intergenerational transmission of human capital in early childhood

Coneus, Katja; Sprietsma, Maresa - 2009

It is a well-known fact that the level of parents' education is strongly correlated with the educational achievement of … their children. In this paper,we shed light on the potential channels through which human capital is transmitted from … mothers to their children in early childhood. The main channels through which maternal human capital benefits the child …

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Self-productivity and complementarities in human development: evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk

Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - 2008

well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, an epidemiological cohort …

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Noncognitive Skills, Internet Use and Educational Dropout

Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2008

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the years 2000 to 2006 we analyze the determinants and labor market effects of educational dropout. In addition to classical variables like family background and occupation, we examine noncognitive skills and Internet use. Noncognitive skills...

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