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The role of family risk attitudes in education and intergenerational mobility: An empirical analysis
Huebener, Mathias - 2012
This paper analyses the role of family risk attitudes in intergenerational mobility in incomes and education. Based on 1984-2009 data of sons and fathers from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey, there is evidence suggesting that sons with risk taking fathers have a significantly higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290955
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The Role of Family Risk Attitudes in Education and Intergenerational Mobility: An Empirical Analysis
Huebener, Mathias - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
This paper analyses the role of family risk attitudes in intergenerational mobility in incomes and education. Based on 1984-2009 data of sons and fathers from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey, there is evidence suggesting that sons with risk taking fathers have a significantly higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818237
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Inequality of opportunity in wealth: Levels, trends, and drivers
Graeber, Daniel; Hilbert, Viola; König, Johannes - 2023
While inequality of opportunity (IOp) in earnings is well studied, the literature on IOp in individual net wealth is … the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Ex-ante IOp is defined as the contribution of circumstances to the inequality in net … and for a detailed decomposition of net wealth inequality into a variety of circumstances; among them childhood background …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014374802
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Tracking and the intergenerational transmission of education: Evidence from a natural experiment
von Werder, Marten; Lange, Simon - 2016
Proponents of tracking argue that the creation of more homogeneous classes increases effciency while opponents point out that tracking aggravates initial differences between students. We estimate the effects on the intergenerational transmission of education of a reform that delayed tracking by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574113
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The myth of equal opportunity in Germany?
Consiglio, Valentina S.; Sologon, Denisa M. - 2019
this disadvantage in human capital, social capital as an additional source of inequality often lacks attention. Drawing on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140768
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Who dares, wins? A sibling analysis of tertiary education transition in Germany
Keller, Tamás; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2014
Past studies have found that parental background has a considerable impact on educational decisions. Our knowledge is, however, still limited regarding educational transitions later in life, such as into tertiary education. Is parental background a predominant factor in this relatively late...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464354
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Who Dares, Wins?: A Sibling Analysis of Tertiary Education Transition in Germany
Keller, Tamás; Neidhöfer, Guido - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
Past studies have found that parental background has a considerable impact on educational decisions. Our knowledge is, however, still limited regarding educational transitions later in life, such as into tertiary education. Is parental background a predominant factor in this relatively late...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267925
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The socio-economic module of the Berlin Aging Study II (SOEP-BASE): Description, structure, and questionnaire
Böckenhoff, Anke; Sassenroth, Denise; Kroh, Martin; … - 2013
The Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) is a multidisciplinary study that allows for the investigation of how a multitude of health status factors as well as many other social and economic outcomes interplay. The sample consists of 1,600 participants aged 60 to 80, and 600 participants aged 20 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317554
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The Socio-Economic Module of the Berlin Aging Study II (SOEP-BASE): Description, Structure, and Questionnaire
Böckenhoff, Anke; Saßenroth, Denise; Kroh, Martin; … - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
The Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) is a multidisciplinary study that allows for the investigation of how a multitude of health status factors as well as many other social and economic outcomes interplay. The sample consists of 1,600 participants aged 60 to 80, and 600 participants aged 20 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128949
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Are we architects of our own happiness? The importance of family background for well-being
Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Wunder, Christoph - 2014
that family background explains, on average, between 30% and 60% of the inequality in permanent wellbeing. The influence is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010421060