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The wider benefits of adult learning : work-related training and social capital
Ruhose, Jens; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Weilage, Insa - 2018
We propose a regression-adjusted matched difference-in-differences framework to estimate non-pecuniary returns to adult education. This approach combines kernel matching with entropy balancing to account for selection bias and sorting on gains. Using data from the German SOEP, we evaluate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011957590
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Smoking and returns to education : empirical evidence for Germany
Reilich, Julia - 2011
Looking at smoking-behavior it can be shown that there are differences concerning the time-preference-rate. Therefore this has an effect on the optimal schooling decision in the way that we assume a lower average human capital level for smokers. According to a higher time-preference-rate we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009407570
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Analyzing zero returns to education in Germany : heterogeneous effects and skill formation
Kamhöfer, Daniel A.; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2013
We analyze the effect of education on wages using German Socio-Economic Panel data and regional variation in mandatory years of schooling and the supply of schools. This allows us to estimate more than one local average treatment effect and heterogeneous effects for different groups of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010197409
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Kick it like Özil? : decomposing the native-migrant education gap
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone - 2012
We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to analyze the determinants of the persistent native-migrant gap. One part of the gap can be attributed to differences in socioeconomic background and another part remains unexplained....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681447
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The impact of participation in sports on educational attainment : new evidence from Germany
Cornelißen, Thomas; Pfeifer, Christian - 2007
We analyze the impact of exercising sports during childhood and adolescence on educational attainment. The theoretical framework is based on models of allocation of time and educational productivity. Using the rich information from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply generalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631438
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Who is overeducated and why? : probit and dynamic mixed multinomial logit analyses of vertical mismatch in East and West Germany
Boll, Christina; Leppin, Julian Sebastian; Schömann, Klaus - 2014
Overeducation is an often overlooked facet of untapped human resources. But who is overeducated and why? Relying on … SOEP data 1984 - 2011, we use probit models for estimating the likelihood of entering overeducation and dynamic mixed … checks we use three specifications of the target variable, i.e. realized matches, self-assessment and twofold overeducation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010373716
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How a universal music education program affects time use, behavior, and school attitude
Hille, Adrian - 2015
It is still widely debated how non-cognitive skills can be affected by policy intervention. For example, universal music education programs are becoming increasingly popular among policy makers in Germany and other developed countries. These are intended to give children from poor families the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441643
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Mozart or Pelé? : the effects of teenagers' participation in music and sports
Cabane, Charlotte; Hille, Adrian; Lechner, Michael - 2015
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this paper analyses the effects of spending part of adolescents' leisure time on playing music or doing sports, or both. We find that while playing music fosters educational outcomes compared to doing sports, particularly so for girls and children...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010517689
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How does education improve cognitive skills? : instructional time versus timing of instruction
Dahmann, Sarah - 2015
This paper investigates two mechanisms through which education may affect cognitive skills in adolescence: the role of instructional quantity and the timing ofinstruction with respect to age. To identify causal effects, I exploit a school reform carried out at the state level in Germany as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011287017
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Noncognitive skills, school achievements and educational dropout
Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2010 - Rev. version
We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826484