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Coneus, Katja; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2007

Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages. This paper presents an empirical investigation of self-productivity in early childhood in...

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Self-Productivity in Early Childhood

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Coneus, Katja - 2007

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Mutter-Kind-Interaktion im Säuglingsalter, Familienumgebung und Entwicklung früher kognitiver und nicht-kognitiver Fähigkeiten: Eine prospektive Studie

Blomeyer, Dorothea; Laucht, Manfred; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; … - 2010

In der vorliegenden Studie wird anhand von Daten einer prospektiven Längsschnittstudie (Mannheimer Risikokinderstudie) untersucht, welchen Beitrag die Qualität der Mutter-Kind-Interaktion (MKI) im Säuglingsalter zur Vorhersage kognitiver (IQ) und nicht-kognitiver Fähigkeiten (Persistenz) bis...

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Self-Productivity and Complementarities in Human Development: Evidence from MARS

Laucht, Manfred; Coneus, Katja; Blomeyer, Dorothea; … - 2008

well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk (MARS), an epidemiological …

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Initial Risk Matrix, Home Resources, Ability Development and Children's Achievement

Laucht, Manfred; Coneus, Katja; Blomeyer, Dorothea; … - 2008

adolescence. We analyse the predictive power of these abilities, initial risk conditions and home resources for children …'s achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk (MARS), an epidemiological cohort study, which follows … preschool age contribute to the prediction of children's achievement at school age. …

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Duration and Intensity of Kindergarten Attendance and Secondary School Track Choice

Landvoigt, Tim; Muehler, Grit; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2007

This paper investigates the relationship between kindergarten attendance and secondary school track choice in West-Germany. Our analysis is based on a panel of 12 to 14-year olds with information from age two on, drawn from the German SocioEconomic Panel (GSOEP) 1984?2005. We estimate binary...

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Entwicklung und Ungleichheit von Fähigkeiten: Anmerkungen aus ökonomischer Sicht

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2009

und Kompetenzen auch im Schulalter und im Erwerbsleben ist. Für benachteiligte Kinder scheint somit die …

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A socio-economic analysis of youth disconnectedness

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - 2009

According to our research, some 12% of young people in Germany between the ages of 17 and 19 are disconnected, i.e. not in school, unemployed, and not living with a partner. The percentage of disconnected youths has been on the rise since 2002. There is evidence that an adverse family...

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Ausmaß und Konsequenzen von Lohnrigiditäten

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2004

In diesem Beitrag werden Ausmaß und Konsequenzen von nominalen und tariflichen Lohnrigiditäten mikroökonomisch und mikroökonometrisch untersucht. Die Analyse verdeutlicht, dass in Deutschland Lohnrigiditäten keineswegs selten sind. Diese haben eine Lohnaufschwemmung mit beachtlichen...

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Returns to Education and Individual Heterogeneity

Pohlmeier, Winfried; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Maier, Michael - 2004

In this paper, human capital investments are evaluated by assuming heterogeneous returns to education. We use the potential outcome approach to measure the causal effect of human capital investments on earnings as a continuous treatment effect. Empirical evidence is based on a sample of West...

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