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Persecution and escape
Becker, Sascha O.; Lindenthal, Volker; Mukand, Sharun W.; … - 2023
We study the role of professional networks in facilitating emigration of Jewish academics dismissed from their positions by the Nazi government. We use individual-level exogenous variation in the timing of dismissals to estimate causal effects. Academics with more ties to early émigrés...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014476804
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Persecution and escape
Becker, Sascha O.; Lindenthal, Volker; Mukand, Sharun W.; … - 2023
We study the role of professional networks in facilitating emigration of Jewish academics dismissed from their positions by the Nazi government. We use individual-level exogenous variation in the timing of dismissals to estimate causal eects. Academics with more ties to early émigrés...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014481039
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A model-based analysis of the macroeconomic impact of the refugee migration to Germany
Stähler, Nikolai - 2017
explores the potential economic consequences and transmission mechanisms resulting from the recent refugee migration to Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632192
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War and science in Ukraine
Ganguli, Ina; Waldinger, Fabian - 2023
We discuss the impacts of the Russian invasion on Ukrainian science. Using newly collected data, we show that the war has already had significant effects on science in Ukraine: research papers produced by Ukrainian scientists declined by about 10%, approximately 5% of the most prolific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480994
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Training and individual performance in Europe: evidence from microeconometric studies
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428327
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Parental background matters : intergenerational mobility and assimilation of Italian immigrants in Germany
Bönke, Timm; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2014
by the Italian Embassy in Germany. In line with previous studies, we confirm substantial inequality of educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408476
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Global universal basic skills : current deficits and implications for world development
Gust, Sarah; Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
How far is the world away from ensuring that every child obtains the basic skills needed to be internationally … competitive? And what would accomplishing this mean for world development? Based on the micro data of international and regional … skills for 159 countries that cover 98.1% of world population and 99.4% of world GDP. We find that at least two-thirds of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477384
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Class rank and long-run outcomes
Denning, Jeffrey T.; Murphy, Richard; Weinhardt, Felix - 2018
This paper considers a fundamental question about the school environment - what are the long run effects of a student …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011905519
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Does a Bachelor's degree pay off? : labor market outcomes of academic versus vocational education after Bologna
Neugebauer, Martin; Weiss, Felix - 2017
less and have to compete with vocationally trained labor market entrants in a similar field of study? Focusing on Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636693
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Understanding the response to high-stakes incentives in primary education
Bach, Maximilian; Fischer, Mira - 2020
that stronger incentives decrease student well-being and intrinsic motivation to study. …This paper studies responses to high-stakes incentives arising from early ability tracking. We use three complementary … research designs exploiting differences in school track admission rules at the end of primary school in Germany’s early ability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012499810