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Ungleichheit und die differentiellen Erträge frühkindlicher Bildungsinvestitionen im Lebenszyklus
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reuß, Karsten - 2008
Um Hinweise für die Erträge von Investitionen in die Fähigkeiten von Kindern im Vorschulalter geben zu können, möchten wir in diesem Beitrag die Ergebnisse von Simulationen zur Diskussion stellen. Der Humankapitalerwerb wird als Funktion von kognitiven und nichtkognitiven Fähigkeiten...
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Age-dependent Skill Formation and Returns to Education
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reuß, Karsten - 2007
In this study, we try to connect the economic literature on human capital formation with findings from neurobiology and psychology on early childhood development and self-regulation. Our basic framework for assessing the distribution of agespecific returns to investment in skills is an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297883
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Age-dependent Skill Formation and Returns to Education
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reuß, Karsten - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
In this study, we try to connect the economic literature on human capital formation with findings from neurobiology and psychology on early childhood development and self-regulation. Our basic framework for assessing the distribution of agespecific returns to investment in skills is an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097739
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Noncognitive Skills, Internet Use and Educational Dropout
Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2008
probability of becoming an educational dropout. The wage gap between dropouts and those with completed school and professional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298055
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Abschreibungsraten allgemeiner und beruflicher Ausbildungsinhalte
Ludwig, Volker; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2005
In dieser Arbeit werden Abschreibungsraten allgemeiner und beruflicher Ausbildungsinhalte im Erwerbsleben untersucht. Es wird analysiert, ob die Ausbildungsinhalte des Dualen Ausbildungssystems im Zeitalter der Akademisierung und der Computerrevolution eine beschleunigte Abschreibung erfahren...
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Family and gender still matter: the heterogeneity of returns to education in Germany
Schnabel, Reinhold; Schnabel, Isabel - 2002
Using information on family background, we estimate returns to education, allowing for the heterogeneity of returns. In order to control for the unobserved heterogeneity shared by family members, we construct a siblings sample and employ family fixed-effects and family correlated random-effects...
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School entrance recommendation: A question of age or development?
Horstschräer, Julia; Muehler, Grit - 2010
delaying school entry for children with developmental impairments. Using data on the compulsory school entrance screening in … factors for a child's probability to receive a school recommendation. Younger children and children with impairments in …According to school entry regulations in most countries, the composition of school entrance cohorts is determined by a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300742
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Enrolments in higher education in West Germany: the impact of social background, labour market returns and educational funding
Lauer, Charlotte - 2000
This paper analyses the determinants of participation in higher education in West Germany. In particular, the role of social origin as well as of expectations regarding the labour market outcome of a higher education degree and of public educational policy are examined. The estimations are based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297724
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Noncognitive skills, school achievements and educational dropout
Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2009
-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we … examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both, better school grades and higher noncognitive skills reduce the risk to become … an educational dropout. The influence of school achievements on the dropout probability tends to decrease and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298791
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298078