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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818237
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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, however, still limited regarding educational transitions later in life, such as into tertiary education. Is parental background a predominant factor in this relatively late...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267925
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Personality and Career: She's Got What It Takes
Fietze, Simon; Holst, Elke; Tobsch, Verena - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances. We compare managers and …-Economic Panel (SOEP) in 2005 show that there are significant gender differences in personality traits, multivariate estimations …, personality traits might indeed play a role, albeit more indirectly: Some of the stronger career effects, such as work experience …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596279
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Persönlichkeit und Karriere: She's Got What it Takes
Fietze, Simon; Holst, Elke; Tobsch, Verena - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
In Deutschland sind Frauen in Führungspositionen unterrepräsentiert. Je höher die Hierarchiestufe desto geringer ist ihr Anteil unter den Führungskräften. Nur 2,5 Prozent der Vorstandsmitglieder der Top-200 Wirtschaftsunternehmen in Deutschland sind weiblich. Zahlreiche Studien untersuchen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008479307
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128949
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Are We Architects of Our Own Happiness?: The Importance of Family Background for Well-Being
Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Wunder, Christoph - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
that family background explains, on average, between 30% and 60% of the inequality in permanent wellbeing. The influence is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267919
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896262
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Locus of Control and Low-Wage Mobility
Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Stephani, Jens - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
We investigate whether non-cognitive skills - in particular Locus of Control - are important determinants of the labour market processes at the low-wage margin. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896228
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills during Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Anger, Silke - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
personality traits (Big Five, locus of control) on their adolescent and young adult children's traits with the effects of parental … personality traits. The finding that non-cognitive skills are not as strongly transmitted as cognitive skills, suggests that there …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010787016
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How Important Is the Family?: Evidence from Sibling Correlations in Permanent Earnings in the US, Germany and Denmark
Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
. This holds true for brothers and sisters. In Denmark 20 percent of the inequality in permanent earnings can be attributed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868114