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The Role of Family Risk Attitudes in Education and Intergenerational Mobility: An Empirical Analysis
Huebener, Mathias - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
This paper analyses the role of family risk attitudes in intergenerational mobility in incomes and education. Based on 1984-2009 data of sons and fathers from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey, there is evidence suggesting that sons with risk taking fathers have a significantly higher...
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The Impact of Continuous Training on a Firm’s Innovations
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2008
implement them. Both of these knowledge-based elements of innovation can be attained through moderate labor force turnover in …Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both … incumbent workers’ knowledge, based on experience, and knowledge about the latest technologies, along with the skills needed to …
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Training Propensity of Start-ups in Switzerland - A Study Based on Data for the Start-up Cohort 1996-97
Arvanitis, Spyros; Stucki, Tobias - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2008
This study is based on data of a cohort of Swiss firms that were founded in 1996/97. In the year 2000 data were collected by means of a postal survey among those firms, which still existed by that time. In 2003 and 2006 two further surveys were conducted among the participants of the respective...
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Are Firm Innovativeness and Firm Age Relevant for the Supply of Vocational Training? – A Study Based on Swiss Micro Data
Arvanitis, Spyros - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2008
intensity of apprentice training as measured by the employment share of apprentices. Innovation, firm age and competition … employment, innovation activities, firm age, labour costs, capital intensity, and competitive pressures all play a positive or …
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Analyzing educational achievement differences between second-generation immigrants: Comparing Germany and German-speaking Switzerland
Kunz, Johannes S. - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2014
In this study, I provide evidence that the educational achievement of second-generation immigrants in German-speaking Switzerland is greater than in Germany. The impact of the first-generation immigrants' destination decision on their offspring's educational achievement seems to be much more...
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Who Dares, Wins?: A Sibling Analysis of Tertiary Education Transition in Germany
Keller, Tamás; Neidhöfer, Guido - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
Past studies have found that parental background has a considerable impact on educational decisions. Our knowledge is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267925
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Educational Choice and Risk Aversion: How Important Is Structural vs. Individual Risk Aversion?
Hartlaub, Vanessa; Schneider, Thorsten - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
According to sociological theories on educational choice, risk aversion is the main driving force for class-specific educational decisions. Families from upper social classes have to opt for the academically most demanding, long-lasting courses to avoid an intergenerational status loss. Families...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653975
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The Socio-Economic Module of the Berlin Aging Study II (SOEP-BASE): Description, Structure, and Questionnaire
Böckenhoff, Anke; Saßenroth, Denise; Kroh, Martin; … - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
The Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) is a multidisciplinary study that allows for the investigation of how a multitude of health status factors as well as many other social and economic outcomes interplay. The sample consists of 1,600 participants aged 60 to 80, and 600 participants aged 20 to...
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Participation in Continuing Vocational Training in Germany between 1989 and 2008
Yendell, Alexander - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
Who participates in continuing vocational training and who does not? This central question in research on continuing vocational training gains in significance the more the importance of lifelong learning is postulated. On the basis of the SOEP data collection periods of 1989, 1993, 2000, 2004...
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A New Color in the Picture: The Impact of Educational Fields on Fertility in Western Germany
Oppermann, Anja - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
The extensive research on the impact of educational attainment on fertility behavior has been expanded by a new dimension. According to these recent findings, not only the level but also the field of education has to be taken into account. The field of education determines a great deal about...
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