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Market consequences of ICT innovations
Mang, Constantin - 2016
job search and matching quality using individual-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). It measures … matching quality by the respondent's evaluation of his new job compared to his former job. The results show that job changers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011742370
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Information asymmetries between parents and educators in German childcare institutions
Camehl, Georg F.; Schober, Pia S.; Spieß, Christa Katharina - 2017
unique extension of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). It allows us to compare quality perceptions by parents and … rate the same quality measures. We detect considerable information asymmetries between these groups which differ across … quality measures but little by parental socio-economic background or center characteristics. Our findings imply that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011749971
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Information asymmetries between parents and educators in German childcare institutions
Camehl, Georg F.; Schober, Pia S.; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2018
unique extension of the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). We compare quality perceptions by parents and by professionals … across 734 institutions. We detect considerable information asymmetries that differ across quality measures but less so by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011878317
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Information asymmetries between parents and educators in German childcare institutions
Camehl, Georg F.; Schober, Pia S.; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2017
unique extension of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). It allows us to compare quality perceptions by parents and … rate the same quality measures. We detect considerable information asymmetries between these groups which differ across … quality measures but little by parental socio-economic background or center characteristics. Our findings imply that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011746621
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How Important is Secondary School Duration for Post-school Education Decisions? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Meyer, Tobias; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2012
This paper investigates how post-school education decisions are affected by a one-year reduction of secondary school duration with an unchanged curriculum. Until recently, Germany had had a longstanding tradition of 13 years of schooling in preparation for university. During the last decade,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294414
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Bestimmungsfaktoren des Erwerbs der allgemeinen Hochschulreife in Deutschland
Balsmeier, Benjamin; Peters, Heiko - 2008
Für Deutschland als ressourcenarmes Hochlohnland ist die Bildung von Humankapital ein bedeutender Faktor für das Wirtschaftswachstum. Im Vergleich zu anderen entwickelten Volkswirtschaften ist der Anteil der Bevölkerung mit einem tertiären Bildungsabschluss relativ gering. Durch die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300888
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The importance of Mittelstand firms for regional apprenticeship activity: Lessons for policy
Jahn, Vera - 2015
Politicians frequently emphasize the importance of Mittelstand firms for the economy, thereby particularly referring to their enormous engagement in training apprentices. However, there is yet almost no empirical evidence on the question whether Mittelstand firms are in fact excessively active...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011310658
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New Evidence on the Effects of the Shortened School Duration in the German States: An Evaluation of Post-Secondary Education Decisions
Meyer, Tobias; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Schneider, Heidrun - 2015
Most German states have reformed university preparatory schooling during the last decade by reducing its duration from 13 to 12 years without changing the graduation requirements. In this paper, we use nationwide data on high school graduates and apply a difference-in-differences approach to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401788
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Do literacy and numeracy pay off? On the relationship between basic skills and earnings
Antoni, Manfred; Heineck, Guido - 2012
Is there a reward for basic skills in the German labor market? To answer this question, we examine the relationship between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey, augmented by test scores on basic cognitive skills as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323787
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Family Background or the Characteristics of Children: What Determines High School Success in Germany?
Balsmeier, Benjamin; Peters, Heiko - 2008
It is becoming more and more important to be highly skilled in order to integrate successfully into the labor market. Highly skilled workers receive higher wages and face a lower risk of becoming unemployed, compared to poorly qualified workers. We analyze the determinants of successful high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600782