particular, German policy makers, pedagogues, parents, and teachers have since long discussed whether the traditional … consideration of a particular child's competency for school (Schulfähigkeit) have been suggested. Using a dataset capturing children …

adult children and their parents. We then examine whether differences in family structure affect the amount of informal care … adult children provide to their elderly parents. Lastly, we look for cross-country differences in family location and … insights into how family-related and institutional factors shape patterns of time transfers from adult children to elderly …

participation in societal life resemble more those of native Germans than those of their parents' generation …

find that students of law who passed the state bar exam with an honors degree receive a significant earnings premium of …

administrative districts with a JIC, have higher educational attainments and a smoother transfer to the labor market than students …

The German practice of compelling weak students to repeat a class has come under heavy criticism recently. Many …