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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
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Effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of non-cognitive skills : evidence from psychometric data
Mühlenweg, Andrea M.; Blomeyer, Dorothea; Laucht, Manfred - 2011
psychometric measures from a longitudinal cohort study of children in the Rhine-Neckar region in central Germany. In children with … comparing the children at age eight and age eleven, after the children have entered Germany's segregated secondary-school tracks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901830
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Noncognitive skills, school achievements and educational dropout
Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2009
We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003828231
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Do employment subsidies reduce early apprenticeship dropout?
Fries, Jan; Goebel, Christian; Maier, Michael F. - 2013
of apprenticeship dropout. Even though the subsidy provides strong incentives to prevent dropout, we do not find … significant effects of the programme. Our finding suggests that financial incentives are not effective in increasing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009784072
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Skill formation, career planning, and transitions : the last two years in a German lower track secondary school
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie - 2014
In Germany, the entry into the labor market for students in the nonacademic tracks of secondary schools may take …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341809
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Youth unemployment after apprenticeship training and individual, occupation and training employer characteristics
Mohrenweiser, Jens; Zwick, Thomas - 2014
after apprenticeship graduation. Unemployed apprenticeship graduates constitute a large share of unemployed youth in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010394634
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445166
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Teaching, organization, and personal problems : evidence from reforming tertiary education in Germany
Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2010
Germany has recently made extensive reforms in its tertiary education system. Traditional degrees are being replaced by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003979072
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University rankings in action? : The importance of rankings and an excellence competition for university choice of high-ability students?
Horstschräer, Julia - 2011
This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a university. Are some quality dimensions of a ranking, e.g. research reputation or mentoring more important than others? I estimate a random utility model using administrative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009374442
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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