between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these skills … skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields. …

, they are more likely than majority students to attend the lower educational tracks and to have highly ambitious parents, As …Based on an innovative survey of seventh graders in German secondary schools, this paper analyzes students' feelings … that they should be on a higher educational track, We show that ethnic minority students are not only more likely than …

weaker influence of economic status. In a large original survey fielded in 12 countries, we find that respondents' income and …

experience parental job loss before age 10 experience larger reductions in income attainment than children exposed at older ages …Parental job loss is a large, negative shock to the household that can affect children in both the short- and long …-run. Little is known, however, about how the long-run impacts of job loss on children vary with the child's age at the time of …

We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects … larger classes. This difference suggests that direct and frequent interactions between students and professors are important … increase performance of female students. …

Stimmungen, jüdische Studierende werden bedroht und angegriffen. Gefördert durch das BMBF, führte die AG Hochschulforschung der …

students are threatened and attacked. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the Research Group on … Higher Education at the University of Konstanz conducted a survey among students in December 2023 to assess the current … antisemitism in society and at universities and, finally, antisemitic attitudes among students. Over 2,000 students enrolled at …

Despite increasing mental health problems and an existing care gap among university students, cost-effective solutions … undergraduate students in Germany. As part of a thought experiment, the treatment group reflected for ten minutes on questions … students' mindful behavior, mental health and well-being as well as perseverance in performance. Our results show the self …

Despite increasing mental health problems and an existing care gap among university students, cost-effective solutions … undergraduate students in Germany. As part of a thought experiment, the treatment group reflected for ten minutes on questions … students' mindful behavior, mental health and well-being as well as perseverance in performance. Our results show the self …