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Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
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The theory of differential overqualification, developed by Robert Frank (1978), claims that married women in smaller labor markets have a higher risk of working in jobs for which they are overqualified. This stems from the problem of dual job search for couples which is much more difficult to...
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developmental functioning of children at younger ages (2-4 years) than ever previously examined. Data from the German Socio …) controlling for various child and family characteristics. The findings indicate that, among boys, obesity is a significant risk … the correlations exist even for those preschool children who spend no time in day care, which implies that the correlation …
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educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this literature and examine children's secondary school track choice in … paternal risk preferences but a strong negative impact of maternal risk aversion on children's enrollment in upper secondary …
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educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this literature and examine children's secondary school track choice in … paternal risk preferences but a strong negative impact of maternal risk aversion on children's enrollment in upper secondary …
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welchen Einfluss Risikoeinstellungen von Eltern auf das Bildungsverhalten von Kindern ausüben. In der Studie untersuchen wir … educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this literature and examine whether parent's risk attitudes relate to … children's secondary school track choice in Germany where tracking occurs at age ten and has a strong binding character. Our …
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The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic selfidentification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country.
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der Familie zurückstecken, schaffen den beruflichen Aufstieg: 2007 waren mehr als die Hälfte der weiblichen Führungskräfte … unverheiratet, fast zwei Drittel lebten ohne Kinder im Haushalt. …
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Thurow?s job-competition model implies that overeducation is contingent upon the differing skill endowments of employees. As yet, only rudimentary evidence has been furnished to confirm this relationship. In the present paper, we test the theory in a more sophisticated manner, by means of a more...
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first attempt to explore whether immigrant parents' ethnic identity affects the next generation's human capital accumulation … - even controlling for differences in ethnicity, family background and years-since-migration. Additional tests show that the …
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