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Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes - In East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T. - 2015
We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at … employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of apprenticeship and vocational training. There are no significant … differences for different types of vocational training, minor differences between East and West Germany and males and females, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024593
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Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T. - 2015
We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at … employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of apprenticeship and vocational training. There are no significant … differences for different types of vocational training, minor differences between East and West Germany and males and females, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013025868
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Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes - In East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T. - 2015
We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at … employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of apprenticeship and vocational training. There are no significant … differences for different types of vocational training, minor differences between East and West Germany and males and females, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026133
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Population Aging and Trends in the Provision of Continued Education
Riphahn, Regina T.; Trübswetter, Parvati - Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD), … - 2007
in training participation over the considered period, 1996-2004. However, the decomposition analyses yield that … behavioral changes caused an increase in training particularly among older workers. This is confirmed by multivariate regressions … on pooled cross-sectional data: the increase in training probabilities is highest among older workers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009641369
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Population Aging and Continued Education
Riphahn, Regina T.; Trübswetter, Parvati - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
in training participation over the considered period, 1996-2004. However, the decomposition analyses yield that … behavioral changes caused an increase in training particularly among older workers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566612
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Population Aging and Trends in the Provision of Continued Education
Riphahn, Regina T.; Trübswetter, Parvati - 2007
in training participation over the considered period, 1996-2004. However, the decomposition analyses yield that … behavioral changes caused an increase in training particularly among older workers. This is confirmed by multivariate regressions … on pooled cross-sectional data: the increase in training probabilities is highest among older workers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011941183
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Age at School Entry and Intergenerational Educational Mobility
Bauer, Philipp C.; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children first enter (primary) school. Early age at school entry significantly affects mobility and reduces the relative advantage of children of better educated parents.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822681
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Are there Diverging Time Trends in the Educational Attainment of Nationals and Second Generation Immigrants?
Riphahn, Regina T. - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 225 (2005) 3, pp. 325-346
The educational attainment of second generation immigrants is of crucial importance for their subsequent labor market success in Germany. While the schooling outcomes of Germans improved in recent decades, German-born children of immigrants did not partake in this development. The paper applies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837640
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Kindergartenbesuch und intergenerationale Bildungsmobilität
Bauer, Philipp C.; Riphahn, Regina T. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly … 79 (2010) 3, pp. 121-132
This study investigates whether early kindergarten attendance can affect intergenerational educational mobility between parents and children using data from Switzerland. There, kindergarten regulations are determined at the cantonal level, which allows us to compare the outcomes of different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752608
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Cohort Effects in the Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants in Germany: An Analysis of Census Data
Riphahn, Regina T. - 2001
Even though second generation immigrants make up ever increasing population shares in industrialized countries we know little about their social integration and wellbeing. This study focuses on the educational attainment of German born children of immigrants. Their schooling success still lags...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262497