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Theorie und Empirie über den Wirkungszusammenhang zwischen sozialer Herkunft, kulturellem und sozialem Kapital, Bildung und Einkommen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Krenz, Astrid - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008

mittelbar, über das erreichte Bildungsniveau, das Einkommen eines Menschen bestimmt. Die Bildung eines Individuums hängt dabei … Einkommen determiniert. Neben der Darlegung theoretischer und ökonometrischer Konzepte wird für die Jahre 2001 und 2005 für die … Hintergrunds über kulturelles und soziales Kapital auf das Einkommen herausarbeitet. Es zeigt sich, dass der soziale Hintergrund …

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Illness and Health Satisfaction: The Role of Relative Comparisons

Thiel, Lars - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014

This paper investigates the role of relative comparisons in health status for individual health satisfaction. Previous research stresses the importance of interdependencies in subjective well-being and health arising from positional preferences and status e ects, social health norms, and...

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Why Do German Men Marry Women from Less Developed Countries?: An Analysis of Transnational Partner Search Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel

Glowsky, David - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007

This paper examines why German men marry women from countries which are less economically developed. Two hypotheses deduced from exchange theory and the economic theory of the family are tested: 1. Low physical and social attractiveness as well as reduced opportunities to meet German partners...

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Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes - in East and West Germany

Riphahn, Regina T.; Zibrowius, Michael - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015

We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of...

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Educational Expansion and Its Heterogeneous Returns for Wage Workers

Gebel, Michael; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007

This paper examines the evolution of returns to education in the West German labour market over the last two decades. During this period, graduates from the period of educational expansion entered the labour market and an upgrading of the skill structure took place. In order to tackle the issues...

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Smoking and Returns to Education: Empirical Evidence for Germany

Reilich, Julia - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011

Looking at smoking-behavior it can be shown that there are differences concerning the time-preference-rate. Therefore this has an effect on the optimal schooling decision in the way that we assume a lower average human capital level for smokers. According to a higher time-preference-rate we...

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The Role of Family Risk Attitudes in Education and Intergenerational Mobility: An Empirical Analysis

Huebener, Mathias - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

risk taking fathers have a significantly higher educational mobility and persistently higher income mobility than peers … experience higher educational mobility, but there is no difference in income mobility to risk averse sons. There are no …

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Spillover Effects of Maternal Education on Child's Health and Schooling

Kemptner, Daniel; Marcus, Jan - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011

compromise these results. We also discuss assortative mating and household income as possible channels of causality. …

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Analyzing Zero Returns to Education in Germany: Heterogeneous Effects and Skill Formation

Kamhöfer, Daniel A.; Schmitz, Hendrik - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

We analyze the effect of education on wages using German Socio-Economic Panel data and regional variation in mandatory years of schooling and the supply of schools. This allows us to estimate more than one local average treatment effect and heterogeneous effects for different groups of...

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The Returns to Education for Opportunity Entrepreneurs, Necessity Entrepreneurs, and Paid Employees

Fossen, Frank M.; Büttner, Tobias J. M. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

We assess the relevance of formal education for the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative employment options. We expect differences in the returns to...

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