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Parental background matters : intergenerational mobility and assimilation of Italian immigrants in Germany

Bönke, Timm; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2014

We investigate the hypothesis of failed integration and low social mobility of immigrants. For this purpose, an intergenerational assimilation model is tested empirically on household survey data and validated against administrative data provided by the Italian Embassy in Germany. In line with...

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Intergenerational mobility and self-selection of asylum seekers in Germany

Kolb, Michael; Neidhöfer, Guido; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2019 - This version, 13 June 2019

We exploit a novel survey of recently arrived asylum seekers in Germany in order to estimate the degree of intergenerational mobility in education among refugees and compare it to the educational mobility of similar-aged individuals in their region of origin. The findings show that the refugees...

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Intergenerational poverty dynamics in Poland : family background and children's educational attainment during transition

Beblo, Miriam - 2002

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Peer effects heterogeneity and social networks in education

Shkoza, Livia; Uysal, Selver Derya; Pohlmeier, Winfried - 2023

This study focuses on the role of heterogeneity in network peer effects by accounting for network-specific factors and different driving mechanisms of peer behavior. We propose a novel Multivariate Instrumental Variable (MVIV) estimator which is consistent for a large number of networks keeping...

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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...

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The solution of the immigrant paradox : aspirations and expectations of children of migrants

Beine, Michel; Montes-Viñas, Ana Cecilia; Zanaj, … - 2020

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Explaining gaps in educational transitions between migrant and native school leavers

Zimmermann, Markus - 2019

are not sufficient. Conditional on these factors, there is a "polarization" of educational choices: migrants are more … ambitions allow higher skilled migrants to hieventertiary education despite their less favourable background characteristics. On … the other hand, less skilled migrants who in Germany's tracked school system do not have the option to enter academic …

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Preferred field of study and academic performance

Berlingieri, Francesco; Diegmann, André; Sprietsma, Maresa - 2022

This paper investigates the impact of studying the first-choice university subject on dropout and switching field of study for a cohort of students in Germany. Using detailed survey data, and employing an instrumental variable strategy based on variation in the local field of study availability,...

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Family background and the responses to higher SAT scores

Graetz, Georg; Öckert, Björn; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2020

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EU enlargement and (temporary) migration : effects on labour market outcomes in Germany

Hammer, Luisa; Hertweck, Matthias S. - 2022

EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market oriented immi-gration to Germany starting in May …

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