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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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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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Locus of control and low-wage mobility

Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Stephani, Jens - 2013

We investigate whether non-cognitive skills - in particular Locus of Control - are important determinants of the labour market processes at the low-wage margin. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and investigate...

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