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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005750223
This paper presents a data set that improves the measurement of educational attainment for a broad group of countries. We extend our previous estimates of educational attainment for the population over age 15 and over age 25 up to 1995 and provide projections for 2000. We discuss the estimation...
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affect boys more than girls. To make the adults literate (five years of education) only is not enough to eliminate the gender …This paper estimates gender differences in children’s time allocation among four ordered options. It analyses the … gap in schooling; a greater number of years of adult education is necessary. The female adult education may be devised to …
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There is widely accepted concept in economic theory that human capital plays positive role in determining national income. Formation or accumulation of human capital and economic development for human welfare are the major targets of economic policy of each country. This study investigates the...
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We present evidence on changes in workplace segregation by education, race, ethnicity, and sex, from 1990 to 2000. The …, there was fairly substantial segregation by skill, as measured by education. Putting together the 1990 and 2000 data, we … find no evidence of declines in workplace segregation by race and ethnicity; indeed, black-white segregation increased …
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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 self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country.
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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 self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703405
We analyze first time parents’ work patterns. Little empirical work exists on the influence of the partner’s (change of) employment status. There is no study known to us that investigates the effects of the family’s immigrant background. This study explores both issues in addition to the...
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vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher … case in point. Little attention has been given to examining the success of vocational education in raising the wages of … efficacy of vocational education in raising the wage levels of four such groups: recent immigrants, Jews of Eastern origin …
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