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We study a mentoring program that aims to improve the labor-market prospects of school-attending adolescents from disadvantaged families by offering them a university-student mentor. Our RCT investigates program effectiveness on three outcome dimensions that are highly predictive of...
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explores the potential economic consequences and transmission mechanisms resulting from the recent refugee migration to Germany …
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also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the …
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We examine whether low-paid jobs have an effect on the occupational advancement probability of unemployed persons to obtain better-paid jobs in the future (stepping-stone effect). We make use of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and apply a dynamic random-effects probit model. Our...
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may look as if Germany’s low youth unemployment rate is to be credited to the dual system. That observation, however, is …Germany is widely known for its high-quality vocational education and training (VET) system. The two key features of … received much international attention, for instance in the US, UK, or Spain. Whereas youth unemployment has increased …
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less and have to compete with vocationally trained labor market entrants in a similar field of study? Focusing on Germany …
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Germany has become the second-most important destination for migrants worldwide. Using all waves from the microcensus … in Germany. Differences in educational and demographic characteristics explain how those gaps vary across groups, and why …
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