We investigate the time investment in cognitive and non-cognitive childcare activities by parents with different educational attainment. In a second step we also investigate this effect for three different child age cohorts. Past research shows that the degree of success in the labour market is...

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...

This study analyses the relationship between life expectancy and parental education. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study and survival analysis models, we show that maternal education is related to children's life expectancy - even after controlling for children's own level...

Inhaltsverzeichnis¤ 1 Einführung¤1.1 Problemstellung. - 1.2 Ziel und Gang der Untersuchung. - 1.2.1 Zur Zielsetzung. - 1.2.2 Zur Bewertung von Bildungssystemen¤ 2 Die Nachfrage nach höherwertigen Qualifikationen in Deutschland 2.1 Vorbemerkungen zur statistischen Basis. - 2.2 Entwicklung...