explaining wage earnings inequality. The discrepancy can be explained by factors such as the degree of private sector development … is also a risk that low-income groups, drop out of the education system, and irreversibly fall into poverty. …

choice of secondary school (Hauptschule, Realschule, Gymnasium) varies with the timing and duration of poverty experienced in … childhood. To investigate what role the timing of poverty plays, I examine the correlation between educational choices and the … poverty status of each child' s household in the three years preceding the educational decision to be analysed. Not …