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Educational opportunities of children in poverty

Schöb, Anke - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 172-179

In this paper, I use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) to investigate whether and how a German youth' s choice of secondary school (Hauptschule, Realschule, Gymnasium) varies with the timing and duration of poverty experienced in childhood. To investigate what role the timing of...

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Bildungssysteme im internationalen Vergleich

Voßkamp, Rainer; Dohmen, Dieter - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 77 (2008) 2, pp. 11-32

Länder und insbesondere Deutschland durch den demografischen Wandel stehen. Abschließend wird kurz dargelegt, welche … international comparison it is analyzed to what extent the education system in Germany and other OECD countries meet the … many countries and especially Germany are confronted with by the demographic change. Finally, it will briefly reviewed …

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Aging and Pension Reform : Extending the Retirement Age and Human Capital Formation

Vogel, Edgar - 2012

Projected demographic changes in industrialized countries will reduce the share of the working-age population. Analyses based on standard OLG models predict that these changes will increase the capital-labor ratio. Hence, rates of return to capital decrease and wages increase with adverse...

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Determinants of financial literacy among German students : an empirical analysis

Riebe, Katharina - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 89 (2020) 4, pp. 39-53

Finanzkompetenzen haben für die gesellschaftliche Teilhabe eine hohe Bedeutung. Dieser Beitrag führt eine empirische Evaluation der Determinanten der Finanzkompetenz von Studierenden an einer deutschen Hochschule durch. Ein weiteres Ziel ist auch die Identifizierung der geschlechtsspezifischen...

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Credit Constraints and Investment in Human Capital : Training Evidence from Transition Economies

Popov, Alexander A. - 2013

Using a unique survey database of 8265 firms from 25 transition economies, I find that lack of access to finance in general, and to bank credit in particular, is associated with significantly lower investment in on-the-job training. This effect is stronger in education-intensive industries and...

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Education and Intergenerational Mobility in Occupations

Checchi, Daniele - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 66 (1997) 1, pp. 136-144

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The Demand for Higher Education in Germany

Merz, Monika; Schimmelpfennig, Axel - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 68 (1999) 2, pp. 204-208

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Using energy and materials more efficiently : large and profitable potentials, but little attention from energy and climate policy

Jochem, Eberhard - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 76 (2007) 1, pp. 50-64

The paper first outlines the challenges the global energy system is facing. It then summarises the present knowledge of energy efficient solutions in all energy using sectors from primary energy to useful energy and, more importantly, from useful energy to energy services (material efficiency...

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Income shocks, intergenerational transfers, and human capital in Germany

Croda, Enrica - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 180-186

This paper uses the GSOEP to analyze the impact of German reunification on financial transfers from parents to their adult children. A difference-in-differences approach is applied to estimate probability and amount of transfers. The analysis indicates that, across time, Easterners are less...

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Global universal service and international settlement reform

Castelli, Francesco; Gómez Barroso, José Luis; … - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 69 (2000) 4, pp. 679-694

deliver financial support to developing world network infrastructure, also considering the positive externalities accruing to …

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