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Earnings prospects for people with migration background in Germany

Aldashev, Alisher (contributor); … - 2007

Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using … with migration background have similar earnings prospects to foreigners. Moreover, earnings prospects for native Germans do … Germany lead to better earnings prospects compared to degrees obtained abroad for persons with migration background …

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Earnings prospects for people with migration background in Germany

Aldashev, Alisher (contributor); … - 2007

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Poor background or low returns? : why immigrant students in Germany perform so poorly in PISA

Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor) - 2005

Student performance of Germans and immigrants differed greatly in the 2000 PISA study. This paper analyses why the two groups of students performed so differently by estimating educational production functions, using an extension study with imputed data. The difference in the test scores is...

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Peer effects in European primary schools : evidence from PIRLS

Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor); … - 2006

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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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 …

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Age-dependent skill formation and returns to education

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm (contributor); … - 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...

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The effects of the bologna process on college enrollment and drop-out rates

Horstschräer, Julia; Sprietsma, Maresa - 2010

department level to identify the effect of the reform based on longitudinal administrative student data from Germany. We find no …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951038

School entrance recommendation : a question of age or development?

Horstschräer, Julia; Muehler, Grit - 2010

According to school entry regulations in most countries, the composition of school entrance cohorts is determined by a fixed cutoff date. This procedure creates inter-cohort differences in age and development which can severely influence educational trajectories. Developmental examinations at...

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Maintaining (locus of) control? : Assessing the impact of locus of control on education decisions and wages

Piatek, Rémi; Pinger, Pia - 2010

This paper establishes that individuals with an internal locus of control, i.e., who believe that reinforcement in life comes from their own actions instead of being determined by luck or destiny, earn higher wages. However, this positive effect only translates into labor income via the channel...

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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 …

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