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The optimal choice of a reference standard for income comparisons : indirect evidence from immigrants’ return visits

Stichnoth, Holger - 2009

effects are statistically significant, but rather small in size. -- reference standard ; social comparison ; immigration … ; Germany …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857716

You can’t be happier than your wife : happiness gaps and divorce

Guven, Cahit; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - 2010

This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923100

Inequality of educational opportunities and the role of learning intensity : evidence from a quasi-experiment in Germany

Camarero Garcia, Sebastian - 2018

Over the 2000s, many federal states in Germany shortened the duration of secondary school by one year while keeping the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011840590

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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Language usage, participation, employment and earnings : evidence for foreigners in West Germany with multiple sources of selection

Aldashev, Alisher (contributor); … - 2008

this paper, the effects of language proficiency on earnings are analyzed for foreigners in Germany with joint consideration …

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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 … citizenship to analyze economic issues of immigration may be problematic for two reasons. On the one hand, a quite substantial … 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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Educational effects of early or later secondary school tracking in Germany

Mühlenweg, Andrea M. (contributor) - 2007

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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The human capital selection of young males seeking asylum in Germany

Lange, Martin; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2018 - This version, August 29, 2018

Germany. The findings suggest that, on average, asylum seekers have 22 percent more years of schooling - the indicator used … indicators of individual and parental human capital influence short-run integration outcomes in Germany, while work experience in …

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An unconditional basic income in the family context : labor supply and distributional effects

Horstschräer, Julia; Clauss, Markus; Schnabel, Reinhold - 2010

In this paper we estimate the effects of an unconditional basic income on labor supply and income distribution with a special focus on the incentives to work in the family context. An unconditional basic income guarantees every citizen a minimum income without any means-testing. We simulate a...

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