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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 …. Overall, secondary education therefore seems to impact students'cognitive skills in adolescence especially through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288147
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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/10011600714
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Are Education and Entrepreneurial Income Endogenous and Do Family Background Variables Make Sense as Instruments? A Bayesian Analysis
Block, Jörn H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart F.; Thurik, A. Roy - 2010
Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from …) income and of education. Using instrumental variables can provide a way out. However, three questions remain: whether … that the relationship between education and entrepreneurial income is indeed endogenous and that the impact of endogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600971
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290727
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The effect of education on fertility: Evidence from a compulsory schooling reform
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Maeder, Miriam - 2012
This paper investigates the effect of education on fertility under inflexible labor market conditions. We exploit … exogenous variation from a German compulsory schooling reform to deal with the endogeneity of education. By using data from two … countries, we find that increased education causally reduces completed fertility. This negative effect operates through a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290958
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The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment: New Evidence from Germany
Cornelißen, Thomas; Pfeifer, Christian - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 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/10005017445
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Are Education and Entrepreneurial Income Endogenous and Do Family Background Variables Make Sense as Instruments?: A Bayesian Analysis
Block, Jörn H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart F.; Thurik, A. Roy - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from …) income and of education. Using instrumental variables can provide a way out. However, three questions remain: whether … that the relationship between education and entrepreneurial income is indeed endogenous and that the impact of endogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693473
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The Effect of Education on Fertility: Evidence from a Compulsory Schooling Reform
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Maeder, Miriam - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
This paper investigates the effect of education on fertility under inflexible labor market conditions. We exploit … exogenous variation from a German compulsory schooling reform to deal with the endogeneity of education. By using data from two … countries, we find that increased education causally reduces completed fertility. This negative effect operates through a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818241
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Kick It Like Özil?: Decomposing the Native-Migrant Education Gap
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128956
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Impacts of parental health shocks on children's non-cognitive skills
Westermaier, Franz; Morefield, Brant; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2013
We examine how parental health shocks affect children's non-cognitive skills. Based on a German mother-and-child data base, we draw on significant changes in self-reported parental health as an exogenous source of health variation to identify effects on outcomes for children at ages of three and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292383