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correlations of cognitive skills in Germany are roughly the same or slightly stronger than those found by previous studies for … Germany seem to be considerably higher than the ones found for the U.S. Hence, skill transmission does not seem to be able to …
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We assess how changes in youth cohort sizes effect employment rates in German labour market regions. Replicating the … conventional approach, we estimate that a percentage increase in the youth share reduces regional employment rates by −0.2%. We … of youth cohort size is more pronounced in the labour markets of metropolitan regions. These results suggest an upward …
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Although the strong positive correlation between parental educational expectations (PEE) and child academic achievement is widely documented, little is known about PEE's effects on child psychological outcomes and the mechanisms through which it may work. Hence, in this paper, using nationally...
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We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage age and education, with the income of the teenager's family, with migration status, residence in East Germany, and …
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. We study this question in the context of Germany, by asking whether the propensity of immigrant youth to cooperate with …
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Recent years have witnessed a rise in right-wing extremism among German youth and young adults. This paper investigates … between East and West Germany, both before and after reunification, to investigate a causal relationship. Instrumental …
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We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to eighteen years, in an incentivized experiment. We relate experimental choices to field behavior. Experimental measures of impatience are found to be significant predictors of health...
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This paper analyzes the link between young people's sense (locus) of control over their lives and their investments in education. We find that young people with a more internal locus of control have a higher probability of finishing secondary school and, conditional on completion, meeting the...
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transitions to inactivity and public assistance, while youth reports of financial stresses are associated with earlier nest … associated with youth making later transitions. Overall, financial stress and conflict have independent effects on youths …
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suggestive evidence in the Middle East of a decline in social mobility among the increasingly well-educated youth. The results …
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