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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
family background for skill formation. The study is based on a large representative German dataset, which includes IQ test … Maximum Likelihood (REML) model we find substantial influences of family background on the skills of both brothers and sisters … in cognitive skills are higher than 0.50, indicating that more than half of the inequality can be explained by family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336812
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Noncognitive skills, school achievements and educational dropout
Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2009
-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003828231
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The effect of pre-service cognitive and pedagogical teacher skills on student achievement gains : evidence from German entry screening exams
Enzi, Bernhard - 2017
Information about teachers' effectiveness at the hiring stage is particularly scarce despite its importance for personnel decisions. Using the German setting of teacher training, I investigate the relationship of teachers' pre-service cognitive and pedagogical skills as measured by two state...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011758096
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The Returns to Cognitive Abilities and Personality Traits in Germany
Heineck, Guido; Anger, Silke - 2009
Personality Inventory. Our estimates suggest a positive effect of so-called fluid intelligence or speed of cognition on males …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014215247
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Noncognitive Skills, School Achievements and Educational Dropout
Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2010
-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207986
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Noncognitive skills, school achievements and educational dropout
Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2010 - Rev. version
-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826484
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The returns to cognitive abilities and personality traits in Germany
Heineck, Guido; Anger, Silke - 2008
Personality Inventory. Our estimates suggest a positive effect of so-called fluid intelligence or speed of cognition on males …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632810
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Noncognitive skills, school achievements and educational dropout
Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2009
-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011634978
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Sibling Rivalry in Educational Attainment : The German Case
Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - 2021
Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321252
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Sibling rivalry in educational attainment : the German case
Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000
Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001528538