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Duration and Intensity of Kindergarten Attendance and Secondary School Track Choice

Landvoigt, Tim; Muehler, Grit; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

This paper investigates the relationship between kindergarten attendance and secondary school track choice in West-Germany. Our analysis is based on a panel of 12 to 14-year olds with information from age two on, drawn from the German SocioEconomic Panel (GSOEP) 1984?2005. We estimate binary...

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Cultural influences on the fertility behaviour of first- and second-generation immigrants in Germany

Stichnoth, Holger; Yeter, Mustafa - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

Based on a 1% sample of the German population, we study how fertility rates in the country of origin-a proxy for … cultural imprint-influence the fertility outcomes of first- and second-generation female immigrants. We use both total … fertility rates in the year of migration and a new measure of completed cohort fertility rates in the countries of origin as …

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Completed fertility effects of family policy measures: Evidence from a life-cycle model

Abiry, Raphael; Reuss, Karsten; Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

We estimate a structural life-cycle model of fertility and female labour supply and use it to evaluate the effects of a … childcare are found to have substantial fertility effects. Without these measures, completed fertility is estimated to be lower … a negligible effect on fertility. …

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Short-run fertility effects of parental leave benefits: Evidence from a structural model

Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

Based on a structural model of fertility and female labour force supply with unobserved heterogeneity and state … generous earnings-related transfer. The model predicts a short-term fertility effect of about 4%, which is consistent with … recent quasi-experimental evidence. The fertility effect is strongest for first births and increases with income. We use the …

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The impact of monetary instruments on shock absorption in EU-Countries

Müller, Claudia; Buscher, Herbert S. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999

The main characteristic of the implementation of the European Monetary Union (EMU) is the transition from various national currencies to the Euro, the common European currency. A final fixing of the individual bilateral exchange rates of all European countries involved in the Monetary Union...

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Regional convergence and economic performance: a case study of the West German Laender

Buscher, Herbert S.; Felder, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999

In the paper we analyze the convergence process of the West German Laender from 1970 to 1995 using descriptive tools as well as panel estimation methods. Although there have been some winners in this process, the main finding is that convergence was insufficient in the sense that no gains have...

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Noncognitive skills in economics: Models, measurement, and empirical evidence

Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011

There is an increasing economic literature considering personality traits as a source of individual differences in labor market productivity and other outcomes. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects: measurement, development over the life...

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Noncognitive skills in economics: Models, measurement, and empirical evidence

Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects of economic analysis: measurement, theoretical modeling, and empirical estimates. Based on the relevant literature from different...

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Family Tax Splitting: A Microsimulation of its Potential Labour Supply and Intra-household Welfare Effects in Germany

Laisney, François; Beninger, Denis; Beblo, Miriam - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003

This paper assesses the effects that an introduction of the French family splitting mechanism would have on German families' labour supply and intra-household consumption behaviour. We use simulated real world microdata created by means of a 'deterministic' collective labour supply model. The...

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You can't be happier than your wife: happiness gaps and divorce

Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first...

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