might operate beyond the mechanisms previously analysed. I explore how the family background of university graduates affects … family background effects are discussed and proxy variables for the mediating factors cognitive skills, study characteristics … characteristics, and social capital are found to be important mediators of the family background effects. …

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 models. Our main result is that family background still matters despite …

According to our research, some 12% of young people in Germany between the ages of 17 and 19 are disconnected, i.e. not … 2002. There is evidence that an adverse family environment is the most important variable for being disconnected. Early …

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 … with respect to the impact of family background and cohorts. However, there are significant dissimilarities depending on …

This paper reviews the current state of knowledge on the link between education and wage inequality in Germany. The …, especially between East and West Germany. Both the between and within educational levels wage inequality changed little over time … Germany. …