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examines the impact of education on both risk components. France faces a higher unemployment rate than West-Germany, due to a … unemployed, they are better in France than in West-Germany at all education levels, but particularly for the unemployed with a …. The risk of entering unemployment is particularly high for French employees with poor education, but higher education …
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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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We investigate different techniques to assess the gender pay gap in five EU countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain …
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significantly reduce the gender test score gap. A remaining gap of 14% of a standard deviation in test scores is unexplained. …
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We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
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This paper analyses the impact of family background, gender and cohort on educational attainment in France and Germany … spite of huge differences in the distribution of education in France and Germany, these countries prove surprisingly similar … the stage observed in the educational career, in particular with respect to gender differences. …
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This paper analyses the relationship between education, gender and earnings in France and Germany. The model chosen … here enables to estimate the impact of education not only on the expected earnings level but also on their dispersion …, taking gender-specific sample selectivity into account. The results indicate that the completion of a minimum level of …
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Nirgends sonst im ökonomischen Handeln fallen Kosten und Nutzen im Zeitablauf und aufgeteilt nach Investoren und Nutznießern so eklatant auseinander wie bei Bildungsinvestitionen. In dem vorliegenden Beitrag wird argumentiert, dass in der sozialen Realität die Bildungsungleichheit im...
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It is a well-known fact that the level of parents' education is strongly correlated with the educational achievement of …
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This paper examines educational outcomes of pupils selected to secondary school types by different tracking regimes in a German state: Pupils are alternatively streamed after fourth grade or after sixth grade. Regression results indicate that, estimated on the mean, there are no negative effects...
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