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How does socio-economic status shape a child's personality? : conference paper

Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; … - 2014 - November 11, 2013

We show that parental socioeconomic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The facets of personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism that are important noncognitive skills, as well as crystallized, fluid, and...

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Cultural influences on the fertility behaviour of first- and second-generation immigrants in Germany : conference paper

Stichnoth, Holger; Yeter, Mustafa - 2013

Using an epidemiological approach, we study the cultural influence on fertility outcomes of first- and second … fertility rates from the year of migration, survey measures of fertility norms and cohort fertility rates from the year of birth … identification. We find a statistically significant, sizeable and robust impact of country-of-origin fertility rates on fertility …

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The effect of early universal daycare on child weight problems : conference paper

Lauber, Verena; Thomas, Lampert - 2014 - Preliminary version

As the number of young children in daycare increases, people start to worry about the effect of early non-parental care. This is of special relevance as investments in the early periods of life are shown to be most important for a child’s long term development. Based on the German national...

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Early life adversity and children's competence development : evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk ; conference paper

Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - 2013

This paper investigates the role of early life adversity and home resources in terms of competence formation and school achievement based on data from an epidemiological cohort study following 364 children from birth to adolescence. Results indicate that organic and psychosocial risks present in...

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Analyzing zero returns to education in Germany : heterogeneous effects and skill formation ; conference paper

Kamhöfer, Daniel A.; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2013 - This version: August 28, 2013, preliminary

We analyze the causal effect of education on old-age cognitive abilities using German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data and regional variation in mandatory years of schooling and the supply of schools. Our outcome variable is the score an individual reaches in an ultra-short intelligence test. We...

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The effect of early childhood language training programs on the contemporary formation of grammar skills : conference paper

Kamhöfer, Daniel A. - 2014 - Preliminary

While there is a big literature on the benefits of pre-school education, only little is known why kindergarten attendance improves later-life outcomes. This is partly because most studies analyze the effect of complete 2 years pre-school programs. In order to shed light into the black box of...

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Like brother, like sister? : the importance of family background for cognitive and non-cognitive skills ; conference paper

Anger, Silke; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2013

This paper estimates sibling correlations in cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills to evaluate the importance of family background for skill formation. The study is based on a large representative German dataset, which includes IQ test scores and measures of personality (locus of control,...

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Earnings-dependent parental leave benefit and fertility : evidence from Germany ; conference paper

Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2013

This paper examines the effects of a major change in German parental transfer system on fertility. I use the largely …-order fertility. Given the recent introduction, this paper evaluates short-run responses by using data from the German Microcensus …-run fertility responses are less pronounced and vary with potential earnings. The heterogeneity is in line with the structure of …

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Fixed-term employment and fertility : theory and evidence from German micro data ; conference paper

Auer, Wolfgang; Danzer, Natalia; Rainer, Helmut - 2013

In Germany, it has become conventional wisdom that the economic uncertainty associated fixed-term employment contracts prevents young couples from realizing their desire to have children. From a research perspective, it is however far from clear whether fixed-term contracts are the obstacle to...

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Permanent changes in the wage structure and the East German fertility crisis : conference paper

Arntz, Melanie; Gathmann, Christina - 2014 - This version: February 14, 2014

After the fall of the Berlin wall, the total fertility rate in East Germany tumbled from 1.7 (1989) to a stunning 0 … suggest that women postpone fertility when the wage penalty for time off work in the current period are high; and the … fertility decline and demonstrate that incentives in the labor market have a strong influence on fertility decisions. …

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