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Migration Background and Educational Tracking: Is there a Double Disadvantage for Second-Generation Immigrants?
Lüdemann, Elke; Schwerdt, Guido - CESifo - 2010
Research on immigrants’ educational disadvantages largely focuses on differences in student achievement tests. Exploiting data from the German PIRLS extension, we find that second-generation immigrants face additional disadvantages with respect to grades and teacher recommendations for...
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On Human Capital Formation with Exit Options: Comment and New Results
Poutvaara, Panu - CESifo - 2006
Katz and Rapoport (2005) conclude that with linear production technology and the possibility of unilateral migration …, region-specific shocks may increase the average level of education. Previously, Poutvaara (2000) derived a corresponding … result with Cobb-Douglas technology and migration which may go in both directions. This paper shows that the exit option may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181463
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The Sources of the Gender Gap in Economics Enrolment
Tonin, Mirco; Wahba, Jackline - CESifo - 2014
In many countries there is a considerable gender gap in enrolment for a bachelor’s degree in Economics, arguably an important stepping stone towards positions of influence in policy making and occupations paying relatively high wages. We investigate the sources of this gap by looking in detail...
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The Return to College: Selection Bias and Dropout Risk
Hendricks, Lutz; Leukhina, Oksana - CESifo - 2014
This paper estimates the effect of graduating from college on lifetime earnings. Motivated by the fact that nearly half of all college students fail to earn a bachelor’s degree, we study a model of risky college completion. The central idea is that students drop out of college mainly because...
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How Risky is College Investment?
Hendricks, Lutz; Leukhina, Oksana - CESifo - 2015
This paper is motivated by the fact that nearly half of U.S. college students drop out without earning a bachelor’s degree. Its objective is to quantify how much uncertainty college entrants face about their graduation outcomes. To do so, we develop a quantitative model of college choice. The...
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Analyzing Educational Achievement Differences Between Second-Generation Immigrants: Comparing Germany and German-speaking Switzerland
Kunz, Johannes S. - CESifo - 2014
-speaking Switzerland is greater than in Germany. The impact of the first-generation immigrants’ destination decision on their offspring …
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Does Early Educational Tracking Increase Migrant-Native Achievement Gaps? Differences-In-Differences Evidence Across Countries
Ruhose, Jens; Schwerdt, Guido - CESifo - 2015
We study whether early tracking of students based on ability increases migrant-native achievement gaps. To eliminate … variation in the age of tracking as well as student achievement before and after potential tracking. Based on pooled data from …-biased. Our differences-in-differences estimates suggest that early tracking does not significantly affect overall migrant …
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Do Employers Discriminate Less if Vacancies are Difficult to Fill? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Gheyle, Niels; Vandamme, Cora - CESifo - 2013
We empirically test the relationship between hiring discrimination and labour market tightness at the level of the occupation. To this end, we conduct a correspondence test in the youth labour market. In line with theoretical expectations, we find that, compared to natives, candidates with a...
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Black and White Labor Market Outcomes in the 19th Century American South
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2007
Modern labor studies consider the relationship between wages and biological markers. A relevant historical question is the relationship between occupational status and biological markers. This study demonstrates that 19th century stature and BMIs were significant in Texas occupation selection;...
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Why Do We Ignore the Risk in Schooling Decisions?
Hartog, Joop; Diaz-Serrano, Luis - CESifo - 2014
While uncertainty abounds in almost any decision on investment in schooling, it is mostly ignored in research and virtually absent in labour economics text books. This paper documents the scope for risk, discusses the tough disentanglement of heterogeneity and risk, surveys the analytical...
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