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Wage differentials by field of study : the case of German university graduates
Görlitz, Katja; Grave, Barbara S. - 2012
Using data on German university graduates, this paper analyzes wage differentials by field of study at labor market entry and five to six years later. At both points in time, graduates from Arts and Humanities have lower average monthly wages compared to other fields of study. Blinder-Oaxaca...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579401
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The dynamics of assortative mating in Germany
Grave, Barbara S.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2012
This paper examines the patterns of educational assortative mating in East and West Germany. In the literature it is … mating can lead to polarization and exacerbate economic inequality. For Germany, little is known about actual patterns of … marriage formation along educational lines. Our empirical analysis for Germany shows that educational assortative mating has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580134
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Performance-related funding of universities : does more competition lead to grade inflation?
Bauer, Thomas K.; Grave, Barbara S. - 2011
Deutschland Reformen zur Verbesserung dieser Situation durchgeführt. Ein wichtiger Teil dieser Reformen war die Einführung …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580237
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The effect of student time allocation on academic achievement
Grave, Barbara S. - 2010
There is a large literature on the influence of institutional characteristics on student academic achievement. In contrast, relatively little research focuses on student time allocation and its effects on student performance. This paper contributes to the literature by investigating the effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008934923
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Performance-Related Funding of Universities : Does More Competition Lead to Grade Inflation?
Bauer, Thomas K. - 2011
German universities are regarded as being under-financed, inefficient, and performing below average if compared to universities in other European countries and the US. Starting in the 1990s, several German federal states implemented reforms to improve this situation. An important part of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118471