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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...

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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 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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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...

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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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The Prospects of the Baby Boomers: Methodological Challenges in Projecting the Lives of an Aging Cohort

Westermeier, Christian; Rasner, Anika; Grabka, Markus M. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

In most industrialized countries, the work and family patterns of the baby boomers characterized by more heterogeneous working careers and less stable family lives setthem apart from preceding cohorts. Thus, it is of crucial importance to understand how these different work and family lives are...

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Die wahrgenommene Gerechtigkeit des eigenen Einkommens: geschlechtstypische Muster und die Bedeutung des Haushaltskontextes

Liebig, Stefan; Sauer, Carsten; Schupp, Jürgen - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010

gender research to explain why men's and women's evaluations of justice are determined to a considerable degree by the … specific situation within their household. The assumptions derived regarding gender-specific patterns in justice attitudes are … thesis that gender-specific patterns in the evaluation of personal earnings are both reduced and increased in dual …

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Ökonometrische Verfahren zur Messung von Lohndiskriminierung: eine theoretische und empirische Studie

Hundertmark, Carsten - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

In Deutschland liegt der durchschnittliche Lohn einer weiblichen Arbeitskraft unter dem einer männlichen Arbeitskraft. Diese Lohnunterschiede werden in politischen Debatten manchmal als Anzeichen dafür gewertet, dass viele Unternehmer Frauen diskriminieren. Allerdings ist zu beachten, dass...

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Reciprocity and Workers' Tastes for Representation

Jirjahn, Uwe; Lange, Vanessa - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011

results showstriking gender differences in the relationship between reciprocity and taste for representation. These … differences can be partially explained by gender-specific differences in the average degree of labor force attachment. …

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