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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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Sweden's school choice reform and equality of opportunity
Edmark, Karin; Frölich, Markus; Wondratschek, Verena - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
This study analyses whether the Swedish school choice reform, enacted in 1992, had different effects on students from …
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Return and risk of human capital contracts
Kroencke, Tim A.; Muehler, Grit; Sprietsma, Maresa - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Human capital contracts give private investors the right to share of students' future earnings in return for a financial contribution during their studies. Although still rarely used, human capital contracts could not only help to completement limited public funding for higher education but...
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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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Field of study, qualification mismatch, and wages: Does sorting matter?
Berlingieri, Francesco; Zierahn, Ulrich - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
Graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are usually found to have higher wages and a lower risk of overqualification. However, it is unclear whether we can interpret the effect of STEM subjects on overqualification and wages in a causal way, since individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957739
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Abschreibungsraten allgemeiner und beruflicher Ausbildungsinhalte
Ludwig, Volker; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
In dieser Arbeit werden Abschreibungsraten allgemeiner und beruflicher Ausbildungsinhalte im Erwerbsleben untersucht. Es wird analysiert, ob die Ausbildungsinhalte des Dualen Ausbildungssystems im Zeitalter der Akademisierung und der Computerrevolution eine beschleunigte Abschreibung erfahren...
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Noncognitive skills, school achievements and educational dropout
Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we … examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both, better school grades and higher noncognitive skills reduce the risk to become … an educational dropout. The influence of school achievements on the dropout probability tends to decrease and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097733
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Grade Inflation, Social Background, and Labour Market Matching
Schwager, Robert - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
based on grades received at school. It is examined how this matching is affected if good grades are granted to some low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097767
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Violence in European schools: victimization and consequences
Ammermüller, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
Violence at schools is a well-known problem in many societies. This paper assesses the degree of school violence in 11 … the international TIMSS 2003 and the British longitudinal NCDS data. The level of school violence is high in most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097887
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Berufliche Weiterbildung und Existenzgründung
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reize, Frank - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999
In Deutschland werden vielfach hohe Anforderungen an die berufliche Qualifikation von Existenzgründern gestellt. Im Handwerk, aber auch in bestimmten freiberuflich organisierten Tätigkeitsbereichen sind Existenzgründungen nur mit einem qualifizierten Berufsabschluß möglich. Darüber hinaus...
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