Cornelissen, Thomas; Jirjahn, Uwe; Tsertsvadze, Georgi - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 228 (2008) 5+6, pp. 554-572
Using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP), the study analyzes the direct and indirect effects of parental background on employees’ earnings. To examine indirect effects we estimate the determinants of the employees’ years of schooling. In a second step, we run wage regressions...