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Does the Early Bird Catch the Worm? Instrumental Variable Estimates of Educational Effects of Age of School Entry in Germany
Puhani, Patrick A.; Weber, Andrea M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
We estimate the effect of age of school entry on educational attainment using three different data sets for Germany, sampling pupils at the end of primary school, in the middle of secondary school and several years after secondary school. Results are obtained based on instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822742
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Immigration background and the intergenerational correlation in education
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Nguyen, Trong-Ha - 2010
This paper analyzes the degree of intergenerational education mobility among immigrant and native-born youth in … and is somewhat greater for NESB families. Finally, the greater importance that NESB mothers attribute to education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271389
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Does the early bird catch the worm? Instrumental variable estimates of educational effects of age of school entry in Germany
Puhani, Patrick A.; Weber, Andrea Maria - 2005
We estimate the effect of age of school entry on educational attainment using three different data sets for Germany, sampling pupils at the end of primary school, in the middle of secondary school and several years after secondary school. Results are obtained based on instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277101
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Immigration Background and the Intergenerational Correlation in Education
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Nguyen, Trong-Ha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper analyzes the degree of intergenerational education mobility among immigrant and native-born youth in … and is somewhat greater for NESB families. Finally, the greater importance that NESB mothers attribute to education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530648