and answer three questions: (a) does the relevance of parental background shift from short-term (contemporary income) to … estimators with and without selectivity corrections and numerous robustness tests. Parental income significantly affects … larger parental income effects in West than in East Germany. -- intergenerational transmission ; human capital investment …

We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children …

We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children …

, 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 …