institutional changes in schooling systems. The introduction of standardized student tests and of incentives for schools and …. Identification is based on within-country variation between PISA 2000 and PISA 2009. The results indicate that comparing schools by … performance of a schooling system. The discussion provides possible explanations for these ambiguous findings. -- Education …

-quality public schools, are all notable features of Nordic countries. There is a widespread belief that such strong public … between children of rich and poor parents remain as high in Nordic countries as elsewhere in Europe. One explanation for this …

schooling of the oldest child in a migrant household affects parents' integration. My analysis links administrative records on … improves the integration of parents along several dimensions, such as labor market outcomes, financial worries, and German …

vocational education and training are currently being discussed intensively and, among other things, the further development of …

vocational education and training are currently being discussed intensively and, among other things, the further development of …

This study examines the effects of parental labor market activities on children's education attainment. In contrast to … drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel an ordered probit estimator is used to model children's education attainment … significant positive effects on children's education attainment. Furthermore, we obtain evidence that the regional GDP growth rate …

attainment. We address potential endogeneity problems due to (i) selection of parents in the labor market by estimating a model … on sibling differences and (ii) reverse causality by focusing on parents' employment when children are aged 0-3. We use …