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Enrolments in higher education in West Germany: the impact of social background, labour market returns and educational funding
Lauer, Charlotte - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000
This paper analyses the determinants of participation in higher education in West Germany. In particular, the role of social origin as well as of expectations regarding the labour market outcome of a higher education degree and of public educational policy are examined. The estimations are based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098073
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Variation of learning intensity in late adolescence and the impact on noncognitive skills
Büttner, Bettina; Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Despite the interdependence between cognitive and noncognitive skills, empirical studies have shown a longer period of acquisition in life-time for the latter besides relevance for educational and labor market success. Analyzing returns of investments during different periods of life is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869227
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Effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of non-cognitive skills: Evidence from psychometric data
Mühlenweg, Andrea M.; Blomeyer, Dorothea; Laucht, Manfred - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
comparing the children at age eight and age eleven, after the children have entered Germany's segregated secondary-school tracks …We identify effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of child temperament. Our analysis is based on … psychometric measures from a longitudinal cohort study of children in the Rhine-Neckar region in central Germany. In children with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869231
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University rankings in action? The importance of rankings and an excellence competition for university choice of high-ability students?
Horstschräer, Julia - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a university. Are some quality dimensions of a ranking, e.g. research reputation or mentoring more important than others? I estimate a random utility model using administrative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369491
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Teaching, organization, and personal problems: Evidence from reforming tertiary education in Germany
Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
account as I control for individual performance at secondary school, motivation and family background and try different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568595
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The effects of the bologna process on college enrollment and drop-out rates
Horstschräer, Julia; Sprietsma, Maresa - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
This paper estimates the short-term effects of the introduction of the Bachelor degree in the framework of the Bologna Process on college enrollment and drop-out rates. We use variation in the timing of the Bachelor implementation at the department level to identify the effect of the reform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536038
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Educational Effects of Early or Later Secondary School Tracking in Germany
Mühlenweg, Andrea Maria - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
This paper examines educational outcomes of pupils selected to secondary school types by different tracking regimes in … secondary school. Positive effects are observed for pupils with a less favorable family background. Quantile regressions reveal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097954
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Human capital investment strategies in Europe
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reuß, Karsten - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
The paper analyses alternative investment policies and their consequences for the evolution of human capital in Europe based on a model of age dependent skill formation where the life span depends on investments during childhood. What makes the approach special is the analysis of the returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024656
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646605
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Explaining the persisting mathematics test score gap between boys and girls
Sprietsma, Maresa - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
particular, we investigate the role of the share of female mathematics teachers in secondary school and of pupils self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794611