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Peer effects in European primary schools: evidence from PIRLS
Ammermüller, Andreas; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2006
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270614
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Continuous Training in Germany
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2000
in Germany for the years 1986 to 1989. Much of this training seems general, and is provided to workers by their employer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276190
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Zero returns to compulsory schooling in Germany: evidence and interpretation
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; von Wachter, Till - 2005
the range of 10 to 15 percent. We find no return to compulsory schooling in Germany in terms of higher wages. We … investigate whether this is due to labor market institutions or the existence of the apprenticeship training system in Germany … most relevant for the labor market are learned earlier in Germany than in other countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277103
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The Impact of Length of the School Year on Student Performance and Earnings: Evidence from the German Short School Years
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2003
This paper investigates how changing the length of school year, leaving the basic curriculum unchanged, affects learning and subsequent earnings. I use variation introduced by the West-German short school years in 1966-67, which exposed some students to a total of about two thirds of a year less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261593
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Wage flexibility and employment fluctuations : evidence from the housing sector
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524389
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Wage flexibility and employment fluctuations : evidence from the housing sector
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - In: Economica 85 (2018) 339, pp. 407-427
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011952436
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Labor Market Institutions, Wages, and Investment
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2004
Labor market institutions, via their effect on the wage structure, affect the investment decisions of firms in labor markets with frictions. This observation helps explain rising wage inequality in the US, but a relatively stable wage structure in Europe in the 1980s. These different trends are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262019
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Minimum Wages and On-the-Job Training
Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2001
Becker?s theory of human capital predicts that minimum wages should reduce training investments for affected workers because they prevent these workers from taking wage cuts necessary to finance training. In contrast, in noncompetitive labor markets, minimum wages tend to increase training of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262588
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Continuous Training in Germany
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
in Germany for the years 1986 to 1989. Much of this training seems general, and is provided to workers by their employer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233917
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The Impact of Length of the School Year on Student Performance and Earnings: Evidence from the German Short School Years
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper investigates how changing the length of school year, leaving the basic curriculum unchanged, affects learning and subsequent earnings. I use variation introduced by the West-German short school years in 1966-67, which exposed some students to a total of about two thirds of a year less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822537