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A model about the impact of ability grouping on student achievement
Kiss, David - 2017
This paper presents a small theoretical model to compare school systems that segregate students by ability ('tracking …') with comprehensive ones, which allow for mixing of differently skilled students into same classes. The outcomes of interest … are the achievement levels of weaker and better students, and the average achievement of all students. In the model, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715851
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Investments in the human capital of the socially disadvantaged children : effects on redistribution
Lohse, Tim; Lutz, Peter F.; Thomann, Christian - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009739435
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Persistence of the school entry age effect in a system of flexible tracking
Puhani, Patrick A. (contributor); Weber, Andrea (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003575434
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Learning intensity effects in students' mental and physical health : evidence from a large scale natural experiment in Germany
Hofmann, Sarah; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2017
In this study, we analyze health effects of a recent education reform in Germany exposing students to increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011812578
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Naturalisation and investments in children's human capital : evidence from a natural experiment
Haaren-Giebel, Friederike von - 2016 - This version: 18 February 2016
This paper assesses educational attainment of immigrant children, in particular evaluating whether naturalised parents … invest more in their children's human capital than non-naturalised parents. Findings of the literature indicate that … capital increase with the duration of residence, naturalised parents may have more incentives to invest in the educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011488963
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An investigation into the stability of the big-five in Germany
Schäfer, Konrad C. - 2017
This paper investigates the stability of the Big-Five personality traits based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) from 2005, 2009, and 2013. The results indicate that the population means only show little variance over the eight year time frame. There is no link between age and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715823
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Stochastic transfers, risky investment and incomes : evidence from an income guarantee program in Thailand
Wagener, Andreas; Zenker, Juliane - 2015
From 2009 to 2011, the Thai government implemented an income guarantee program for rice, tapioca and maize farmers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335021
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Critical remarks on Piketty’s ’Capital in the twenty-first century’
Homburg, Stefan - 2014
This paper is about “Capital in the Twenty-first Century” by Thomas Piketty. It identifies his central macroeconomic claims and examines them, arguing that the contentions are theoretically and empirically unwarranted.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010349913
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Estimating the transition time from school to university using a stochastic mortality model
Stöver, Britta - 2019
into university in order to enrich and enhance the planning of the needed university places for first-year students. The … estimate an alternative number of first-year students and to open up a range of possible solutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063309
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Empirical evidence in explaining the transition behaviour from school to studies - challenges in forecasting the number of first-year students in Germany
Stöver, Britta - 2017
The German education system is organised in a federal system, i. e. each of the 16 Federal States is solely responsible for the supply and financing of the university places. Offering a suficient number of these places is important in achieving the aim of promoting academic education and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011667053