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Imputation rules for the implementation of the pre-unication education variable in the BASiD data set

Gürtzgen, Nicole; Nolte, André - 2016

Using combined data from the German Pension Insurance and the Federal Employment Agency (BASiD), this study proposes different procedures for imputing the pre-unification education variable in the BASiD data. To do so, we exploit information on education-related periods that are creditable for...

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Family background, cohort and education : a French-German comparison

Lauer, Charlotte - 2002

This paper analyses the impact of family background, gender and cohort on educational attainment in France and Germany, relying on a theoretical model imbedded in the human capital theory. In a second step, the educational process is decomposed into school and post-school achievement. The same...

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Education and unemployment : a French-German comparison

Lauer, Charlotte - 2003

This paper analyses the link between educational attainment and unemployment risk in a French-German comparison, based on a discrete time competing risks hazard rate model applied to comparable microdata sets. The unemployment risk is broken down into the risk of entering unemployment and the...

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A model of educational attainment : application to the German case

Lauer, Charlotte - 2002

This paper aims at formulating a theoretical model of educational attainment which is directly implementable empirically. The conceptual frame-work relies on the human capital theory, where individuals weigh the costs and the returns of education to decide on the optimal amount of education they...

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How relevant is job mismatch for German graduates?

Berlingieri, Francesco; Erdsiek, Daniel - 2012

In this study, we examine the incidence and direct consequences of job mismatch for German graduates. Beyond measuring job mismatch by the comparison of qualification obtained by employees and required for a job, we employ self-reported skill mismatch variables concerning overall skills and more...

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Selection bias in innovation studies : a simple test

De Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Wastyn, Annelies - 2012

selection bias. Using a novel dataset of the whole population of patents by Belgian firms, we show that the single-office count … results in a selection bias that affects econometric estimates of innovation production functions. We propose a methodology to … evaluate whether estimates that rely on the single-office count are affected by a selection bias. -- Innovation production …