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A new look at intergenerational mobility in Germany compared to the US

Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2014 - This version: September 2014

Motivated by contradictory evidence on intergenerational mobility in Germany, I present a cross-country comparison of Germany and the US, reassessing the question of whether intergenerational mobility is higher in Germany than the US. I can reproduce the standard result from the literature,...

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Are we architects of our own happiness? : the importance of family background for well-being

Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Wunder, Christoph - 2014

This paper analyzes whether individuals have equal opportunity to achieve happiness (or wellbeing). We estimate sibling correlations and intergenerational correlations in self-reported life satisfaction, satisfaction with household income, job satisfaction, and satisfaction with health. We find...

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How important is the family? : evidence from sibling correlations in permanent earnings in the US, Germany and Denmark

Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2011

This paper is the first to analyze intergenerational economic mobility based on sibling correlations in permanent earnings in Germany and to provide a cross-country comparison of Germany, Denmark, and the US. The main findings are as follows: the importance of family and community background in...

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Verbunden über Generationen : Struktur und Ausmaß der intergenerationalen Einkommensmobilität in Deutschland

Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2008

Deutschland. Anhand der Daten des deutschen sozioökonomischen Panels ist es möglich, sowohl Vater-Sohn als auch Vater …-Tochter Paare von 0,2. Das bedeutet, in Deutschland werden im Durchschnitt 17 % bzw. 20 % des elterlichen Einkommensvorteils bzw … belegen für Deutschland ein hohes Maß an intergenerationaler Mobilität. …

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Assessing intergenerational earnings persistence among German workers

Eisenhauer, Philipp; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2008 - This version: May 1, 2008

In this study we assess the relationship between father and son earnings among (West) German Workers. To reduce the lifecycle and attenuation bias a novel sampling procedure is developed and applied to the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2006. Our preferred point estimate indicates an...

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Rising wage inequality in Germany

Gernandt, Johannes; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2007

. In West Germany the group of workers with low tenure experienced higher increases in wage inequality. …

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Low level of equal opportunities in Germany: Family background shapes individual economic success

Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 3 (2013) 5, pp. 3-8

For many years, securing equal life opportunities has been a normative goal shared by all democratic societies in the western world. Although, in principle, all citizens enjoy the same rights, in reality, individual life opportunities still vary according to family background which, in turn,...

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Cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and family background : evidence from sibling correlations

Anger, Silke; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2016 - This version: March 24, 2016

This paper estimates sibling correlations in cognitive and non-cognitive skills to evaluate the importance of family background for skill formation. Based on a large representative German dataset including IQ test scores and measures of non-cognitive skills, a restricted maximum likelihood model...

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Is it the family or the neighborhood? : evidence from sibling and neighbor correlations in youth education and health

Bügelmayer, Elisabeth; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2014 - This version: December 2014

In this paper we present sibling and neighbor correlations in school grades and cognitive skills as well as indicators of physical and mental health for a sample of German adolescents. In a first step, we estimate sibling correlations and find substantial influence of shared family and community...

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The effect of maternal education on offspring's mental health

Graeber, Daniel; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2019 - This version: March, 2019

compulsory schooling law reform in West Germany. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we ﬁnd no evidence of a …

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