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Maternal education, home environments and the development of children and adolescents

Carneiro, Pedro; Meghir, Costas; Parey, Matthias - 2007

We study the intergenerational effects of maternal education on children's cognitive achievement, behavioral problems … 1979 (NLSY79) and their children, we can control for mother's ability and family background factors. Our results show … substantial intergenerational returns to education. For children aged 7-8, for example, our IV results indicate that an additional …

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Enrolments in higher education in West Germany: the impact of social background, labour market returns and educational funding

Lauer, Charlotte - 2000

This paper analyses the determinants of participation in higher education in West Germany. In particular, the role of social origin as well as of expectations regarding the labour market outcome of a higher education degree and of public educational policy are examined. The estimations are based...

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Education, Gender and Earnings in France and Germany: Level and Dispersion Effects

Lauer, Charlotte - 2004

This paper analyses the relationship between education, gender and earnings in France and Germany. The model chosen here enables to estimate the impact of education not only on the expected earnings level but also on their dispersion, taking gender-specific sample selectivity into account. The...

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Trends in quality-adjusted skill premia in the United States, 1960-2000

Carneiro, Pedro; Lee, Sokbae - 2010

This paper presents new evidence that increases in college enrollment lead to a decline in the average quality of college graduates between 1960 and 2000, resulting in a decrease of 6 percentage points in the college premium. We show that although a standard demand and supply framework can...

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Trends in quality-adjusted skill premia in the United States, 1960 - 2000

Carneiro, Pedro; Lee, Sokbae - 2008

This paper presents new evidence that increases in college enrollment lead to a decline in the average quality of college graduates between 1960 and 2000, resulting in a decrease of 8 percentage points in the college premium. The standard demand and supply framework (Katz and Murphy, 1992, Card...

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Returns to education in West Germany: an empirical assessment

Lauer, Charlotte; Steiner, Viktor - 2000

This paper analyses the developments in the returns to education in West Germany for the period from 1984 to 1997. Based on simple Mincer-type wage equations, we estimate a return of about 8% for men and 10% for women, and these returns have remained remarkably stable over the period. On the...

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Gender wage gap in West Germany: how far do gender differences in human capital matter?

Lauer, Charlotte - 2000

This paper analyses the extent to which gender differences in human capital contribute to explaining the observable wage differential in favour of men and its reduction since the mid-eighties among West German full-time employees in the private sector. Based on a simple analytical framework, the...

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Private Erträge von Bildungsinvestitionen in Deutschland

Steiner, Viktor; Lauer, Charlotte - 2000

Wir analysieren die Entwicklung der Bildungsrenditen in Westdeutschland in der Periode von 1984 bis 1997 auf der Basis der Humankapitaltheorie mit Daten des Sozio-Ökonomischen Panels. Die Schätzergebnisse zeigen, dass Frauen mit etwa 10% eine signifikant höhere durchschnittliche...

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Human Capital Policy

Carneiro, Pedro; Heckman, James Joseph - 2003

. Most of the gaps in college attendance and delay are determined by early family factors. Children from better families and … with high ability earn higher returns to schooling. We find only a limited role for tuition policy or family income …

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Labor Market Discrimination and Racial Differences in Premarket Factors

Carneiro, Pedro; Heckman, James Joseph; Masterov, … - 2005

We investigate the relative significance of differences in cognitive skills and discrimination in explaining racial/ethnic wage gaps. We show that cognitive test scores taken prior to entering the labor market are influenced by schooling. Adjusting the scores for racial/ethnic differences in...

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