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Dynastic Human Capital, Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility
Adermon, Adrian - 2019
We study the importance of the extended family – the dynasty – for the persistence in inequality across generations. We use data including the entire Swedish population, linking four generations. This data structure enables us to identify parents’ siblings and cousins, their spouses, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012871027
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills : An Investigation of the Causal Impact of Families on Student Outcomes
Hanushek, Eric A.; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2021
The extensive literature on intergenerational mobility highlights the importance of family linkages but fails to provide credible evidence about the underlying family factors that drive the pervasive correlations. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013322018
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Inheritance of Fields of Study
Altmejd, Adam - 2024
. To estimate how much of this association is caused by the education choices of parents, I exploit admission thresholds to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014574317
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The Native-Migrant Gap in the Progression into and through Upper-Secondary Education
Wolter, Stefan C.; Zumbuehl, Maria - 2017
progress in upper-secondary education. We observe a substantive difference in the rate of progress between natives and students …-track - entering the second year of upper-secondary education - is 15 percentage points. Observable differences in cognitive and non …-cognitive skills can explain the gap in the success rate within upper-secondary education, but cannot fully explain the difference in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794149
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Mentoring and Schooling Decisions: Causal Evidence
Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; Pinger, Pia - 2020
-intensity mentoring program can improve long-run education outcomes of low SES children and reduce inequality of opportunity. Low SES …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269452
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Dynastic human capital, inequality and intergenerational mobility
Adermon, Adrian; Lindahl, Mikael; Palme, Marten - 2019
We study the importance of the extended family – the dynasty – for the persistence in inequality across generations. We use data including the entire Swedish population, linking four generations. This data structure enables us to identify parents’ siblings and cousins, their spouses, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018306
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Socio-Economic Gaps in University Enrollment: The Role of Perceived Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Returns
Boneva, Teodora; Rauh, Christopher - 2017
benefits of university education in a sample of 2,540 secondary school students. Our choice model estimates reveal that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011777621
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Covid-19 and Educational Inequality: How School Closures Affect Low- and High-Achieving Students
Grewenig, Elisabeth; Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina - 2020
In spring 2020, governments around the globe shut down schools to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. We argue that low-achieving students may be particularly affected by the lack of educator support during school closures. We collect detailed time-use information on students before...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012425554
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Social Mobility in Germany
Dodin, Majed; Findeisen, Sebastian; Henkel, Lukas; … - 2021
expanding upper secondary education. At the regional level, there exists substantial variation in mobility estimates. Place …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012657906
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills: An Investigation of the Causal Impact of Families on Student Outcomes
Hanushek, Eric A.; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; van … - 2021
The extensive literature on intergenerational mobility highlights the importance of family linkages but fails to provide credible evidence about the underlying family factors that drive the pervasive correlations. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799688