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The causal effect of age at migration on youth educational attainment
Lemmermann, Dominique; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2016
typically migrate at different ages within a given family. We consider several education outcomes conditional on family fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011552457
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Beyond the average : peer heterogeneity and intergenerational transmission of education
Chakraborty, Tanika; Nottmeyer, Olga; Schüller, Simone; … - 2014
of peer effect we restrict to no-child-adult-peers who completed their education much before the children in our sample …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457394
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Economic and social perspectives of immigrant children in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2001
immigrants of German descent and foreign origin persons. Education is a key indicator for future economic and social perspectives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001585127
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Age effects in education : a double disadvantage for second-generation immigrant children
Abatemarco, Antonio; Cavallo, Mariagrazia; Marino, … - 2021
A double disadvantage occurs when the interaction of two disadvantages generates an additional disadvantage. We show that second-generation immigrant children in the Italian primary school experience a double disadvantage that, relative to the average native, reduces scores in Italian by 17% and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012417618
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The causal effect of age at migration on youth educational attainment
Lemmermann, Dominique; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2017
typically migrate at different ages within a given family. We consider several education outcomes conditional on family fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011662703
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Beyond the average : ethnic capital heterogeneity and intergenerational transmission of education
Chakrabortya, Tanika; Schüller, Simone; Zimmermann, … - 2019
Estimating the effect of ethnic capital on human capital investment decisions is complicated by the endogeneity of immigrants' location choice, unobserved local correlates and the reflection problem. We exploit the institutional setting of a rare immigrant settlement policy in Germany, that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161710
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Fertility effects of college education : evidence from the German educational expansion
Kamhöfer, Daniel A.; Westphal, Matthias - 2017
We estimate the effects of college education on female fertility - a so far understudied margin of education, which we … instrument by arguably exogenous variation induced through college expansions. While college education reduces the probability of … becoming a mother, college-educated mothers have slightly more children than mothers without a college education. Unfolding the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764444
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From low emission zone to academic track : environmental policy effects on educational achievement in elementary school
Brehm, Johannes; Pestel, Nico; Schaffner, Sandra; … - 2022
Low Emission Zones (LEZs) reduce local air pollution by restricting emission-intensive vehicles from accessing designated areas and have been shown to improve population health. Little is known about the effects of driving restriction policies on other areas of life. This paper studies the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013415836
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Parental investments and socio-economic gradients in learning across European countries
Carneiro, Pedro; Reis, Hugo; Toppeta, Alessandro - 2024
Generous maternity leave, affordable daycare, extensive social safety nets, excellent universal health care, and high-quality public schools, are all notable features of Nordic countries. There is a widespread belief that such strong public investments in children contribute to a levelled...
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Lifetime consequences of lost instructional time in the classroom : evidence from shortened school years
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2024
This study estimates the lifetime effects of lost classroom instruction on labor market performance. For identification, I use historical shifts in the school year schedule in Germany, which substantially shortened the duration of the affected school years without adjusting the core curriculum....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015052411