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Overqualification of graduates : assessing the role of family background
Erdsiek, Daniel - 2014
Studies on the underlying mechanisms of social mobility commonly find that half of the intergenerational earnings persistence remains unexplained. Focusing on the phenomenon of overqualification, this study examines a transmission channel that might operate beyond the mechanisms previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468427
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Overqualification of graduates : assessing the role of family background
Erdsiek, Daniel - In: Journal for labour market research 49 (2016) 3, pp. 253-268
Overqualification signals a mismatch between jobs’ educational requirements and workers’ qualifications implying potential productivity losses at the macro and the micro level. This study explores how the family background of German graduates affects the probability to hold a job that does...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635940
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Intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt : evidence from Germany
Feichtmayer, Jennifer; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2023
We study the intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt in Germany. We first describe the correlation … suggest that the strong intergenerational correlation of welfare benefit receipt is determined by family background rather …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439902
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Intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt : evidence from Germany
Feichtmayer, Jennifer; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2023
We study the intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt in Germany. We first describe the correlation … suggest that the strong intergenerational correlation of welfare benefit receipt is determined by family background rather …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014442725
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Intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt : evidence from Germany
Feichtmayer, Jennifer; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2023
We study the intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt in Germany. We first describe the correlation … suggest that the strong intergenerational correlation of welfare benefit receipt is determined by family background rather …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444190
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Intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt : evidence from Germany
Feichtmayer, Jennifer; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2023
We study the intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt in Germany. We first describe the correlation … suggest that the strong intergenerational correlation of welfare benefit receipt is determined by family background rather …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014458450
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How important is the family? : evidence from sibling correlations in permanent earnings in the US, Germany and Denmark
Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2011
earnings in Germany and to provide a cross-country comparison of Germany, Denmark, and the US. The main findings are as follows …: the importance of family and community background in Germany is higher than in Denmark and comparable to that in the US …. This holds true for brothers and sisters. In Denmark 20 percent of the inequality in permanent earnings can be attributed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008936425
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Intergenerational Transmission of Spousal Inequality
Nguyen, Kieu-Dung - 2021
This paper studies whether sons and daughters reproduce in their relationships the same intra-household inequalities observed for their parents in terms of some economic statuses (wages, income, work hours, and education). Additionally, we emphasize the relevance of transmission of preference...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224593
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Intergenerational Transmission of Spousal Inequality
Nguyen, Kieu-Dung - 2021
This paper studies whether sons and daughters reproduce in their relationships the same intra-household inequalities observed for their parents in terms of some economic statuses (wages, income, work hours, and education). Additionally, we emphasize the relevance of transmission of preference...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224594
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336812