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Allocation of human capital and innovation at the frontier: Firm-level evidence on Germany and the Netherlands

Bartelsmann, Eric; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Peters, Bettina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the …-skilled employees and industries in Germany by a more unequal distribution of human capital intensity. In Germany, average innovation … performance is higher in all industries, except for low-technology manufacturing, and in the Netherlands the innovation …

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Impacts of parental health on children's development of personality traits and problem behavior: Evidence from parental health shocks

Morefield, Brant; Mühlenweg, Andrea M.; Westermaier, Franz - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011

In this paper, we examine how parental health affects children's development of personality traits and problem behavior. Based on a German mother-and-child data base, we draw on observed parental health shocks as a more exogenous source of health variation to identify these effects and control...

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Impacts of parental health shocks on children's non-cognitive skills

Westermaier, Franz; Morefield, Brant; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

We examine how parental health shocks affect children's non-cognitive skills. Based on a German mother-and-child data base, we draw on significant changes in selfreported parental health as an exogenous source of health variation to identify effects on outcomes for children at ages of three and...

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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...

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Overqualification of graduates: Assessing the role of family background

Erdsiek, Daniel - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

Studies on the underlying mechanisms of social mobility commonly find that half of the intergenerational earnings persistence remains unexplained. Focusing on the phenomenon of overqualification, this study examines a transmission channel that might operate beyond the mechanisms previously...

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Skill formation, career planning, and transitions: The last two years in a German lower track secondary school

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

In Germany, the entry into the labor market for students in the nonacademic tracks of secondary schools may take multiple pathways. Students graduating from lower track secondary schools (LTSS) face major problems in school-towork transitions, prompting the provision of intensive career guidance...

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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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Training and individual performance in Europe: evidence from microeconometric studies

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000

Learning at school and university and also at the work place has become more important in the knowledge-based economy. This paper provides a critical review of recent econometric work on the determinants and impacts of training in Europe. Training has non negligible positive effects for firms...

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Up or out: Research incentives and career prospects of postdocs in Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Leuschner, Ute - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

Academic careers in Germany have been under debate for a while. We conduct a survey among postdocs in Germany, to analyze the perceptions and attitudes of postdocs regarding their research incentives, their working conditions, and their career prospects. We conceptualize the career prospects of...

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