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Autonomous Organization of the (International) Scientific Community Would Simplify Data Protection in the Social Sciences and Encourage Reanalysis

Wagner, Gert G. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2001

In den Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften besteht ohne die Moeglichkeit einer Re-Analyse von statistischen Ergebnissen (gleichermaßen amtlichen wie nicht-amtlichen) die Gefahr von nicht entdeckten Irrtuemern. Mit anderen Worten: Re- Analysen sind in der Wissenschaft die "Berufungsinstanz",...

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Comparing the Early Research Performance of PhD Graduates in Labor Economics in Europe and the USA

Cardoso, Ana Rute; Guimarães, Paulo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008

This paper analyzes the early research performance of PhD graduates in labor economics, addressing the following … questions: Are there major productivity differences between graduates from American and European institutions? If so, how … the subsequent job placement institution? The population under study consists of labor economics PhD graduates who …

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Pass/Fail, A-F, or 0-100? - Optimal Grading of Eager Students

Wagner, Lilo - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015

This paper analyzes optimal grading in a world that focuses on top grades. Students choose an effort level, their … coarseness of the grading scale to maximize student welfare. When choosing their effort, students overweight outstanding { or …

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Remittances and Children's Capabilities: New Evidence from Kyrgyzstan, 2005-2008

Kröger, Antje; Anderson, Kathryn - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011

The Kyrgyz Republic is one of the largest recipients of international remittances in the world; from a Balance of Payments measure of remittances, it ranked tenth in the world in 2008 in the ratio of remittances to GDP, a rapid increase from 30th place in 2004. Remittances can be used to maintain...

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African Leaders: Their Education Abroad and FDI Flows

Constant, Amelie; Tien, Bienvenue N. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

Leaders are critical to a country's success. They can influence domestic policy via specific measures that they enforce, and they can also influence international public opinion towards their country. Foreign Direct Investments are also essential for a country's economic growth. Our hypothesis...

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Early Birds in Day Care: The Social Gradient in Starting Day Care and Children's Non-cognitive Skills

Peter, Frauke H.; Schober, Pia S.; Spieß, C. Katharina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014

In recent years, almost all children below school age in Western industrialized countries have some experience of attending day care institutions. However, the age at which children enter day care and therefore the overall time spent in day carevaries substantially. We investigate the potential...

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The Treatment Effect of Attending a High-Quality School and the Influence of Unobservables

Freier, Ronny; Storck, Johanna - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

This paper studies the effect of attending a high-quality secondary school on subsequent educational outcomes. The analysis is based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study in which we observe children when they make their secondary school choice (between ages 10-12) and later when...

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Estimating Heterogeneous Returns to Education in Germany via Conditional Heteroskedasticity

Saniter, Nils - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

find that the causal return to education is 8.5% for the entire sample, 2.3% for graduates from the basic school track and … 11% for graduates from a higher school track. Across these groups the endogeneity bias in simple OLS regressions varies …

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Risks and Returns to Educational Fields: A Financial Asset Approach to Vocational and Academic Education

Glocker, Daniela; Storck, Johanna - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

Applying a financial assets approach, we analyze the returns and earnings risk of investments into different types of human capital. Even though the returns from investing in human capital are extensively studied, little is known about the properties of the returns to different types of human...

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Are There Any Class Size Effects on Early Career Earnings in West Germany?

Baumgartner, Hans J. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004

The paper analyses the effect of class size, which stands proxy for school quality, on early career earnings. Using confidential district level information from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), it is demonstrated that class size has no discernible effect on early career earnings. This...

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