The outcome of pursuing an upper or post-secondary education degree is uncertain. A student might not complete a chosen … whether to invest in post-secondary education, students must factor their probability of completing the degree into their … decision. We study the role of this uncertainty in education choices using representative survey data from Germany. Students …

We estimate the causal effect of maternal education on the mental health of mother's children in late adolescence and … adulthood. Theoretical considerations are ambiguous about a causal effect of maternal education on children's mental health. To … identify the causal effect of maternal education, we exploit exogenous variation in maternal years of schooling, caused by a …

education. This approach combines kernel matching with entropy balancing to account for selection bias and sorting on gains … adult education in OECD countries, on individual social capital. Training increases participation in civic, political, and …

We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio …

smokers. According to a higher time-preference-rate we suppose a higher return to education for smokers who go further on … education. With our empirical fondings we can confirm the presumptions. We use interactions-terms to regress the average rate of … education than non-smokers. …

We analyze the effect of education on wages using German Socio-Economic Panel data and regional variation in mandatory … estimating the effect of education on cognitive skills. The results suggest that education after the eighth year does not seem to …

We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio …

This paper investigates two mechanisms through which education may affect cognitive skills in adolescence: the role of …. Overall, secondary education therefore seems to impact students'cognitive skills in adolescence especially through …