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Parental Risk Attitudes and Children's Secondary School Track Choice
Heineck, Guido; Wölfel, Oliver - 2011
It is well known that individuals’ risk attitudes are related to behavioral outcomes such as smoking, portfolio decisions, and also educational attainment, but there is barely any evidence on whether parental risk attitudes affect the educational attainment of dependent children. We add to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014187325
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Parental Risk Attitudes and Children's Secondary School Track Choice
Heineck, Guido - 2010
It is well known that individuals' risk attitudes are related to behavioral outcomes such as smoking, portfolio decisions, and also educational attainment, but there is barely any evidence on whether parental risk attitudes affect the educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137521
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Educational Effects of Early or Later Secondary School Tracking in Germany
Mühlenweg, Andrea - 2018
This paper examines educational outcomes of pupils selected to secondary school types by different tracking regimes in … a German state: Pupils are alternatively streamed after fourth grade or after sixth grade. Regression results indicate … secondary school. Positive effects are observed for pupils with a less favorable family background. Quantile regressions reveal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012706480
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Economic Competence in Early Secondary School : Evidence From a Large-Scale Assessment in Germany
Kaiser, Tim - 2020
We employ a psychometrically validated performance test to study economic competence among a large and representative sample of early secondary school students in Southwest Germany. The rich dataset allows us to study variation in economic competence across school types and observable student...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012849329
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Peer effects in European primary schools : evidence from PIRLS
Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor);  … - 2006
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003309274
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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from Pirls
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2006
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780276
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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from Pirls
Ammermueller, Andreas; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2018
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014058712
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Financial literacy of high school students : evidence from Germany
Erner, Carsten; Goedde-Menke, Michael; Oberste, Michael - In: The journal of economic education 47 (2016) 2, pp. 95-105
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011516866
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The PISA shock, socioeconomic inequality, and school reforms in Germany
Davoli, Maddalena; Entorf, Horst - 2018
In Germany, the poor performance in PISA 2000 stimulated a heated public debate and a strong policy response. The government reacted to the low average and remarkable disparities registered by the test, and spurred reforms led to a significant improvement in the country fs educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011901978