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This paper examines the differential effects of mother's schooling and father's schooling on the acquisition of schooling by their offspring. It does this in a 'cross-cultural' context by comparing results across three countries: Germany, Hungary and the Former Soviet Union. It looks within...
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Using the Children of the Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS), we examine the association between education at the … youth. Education at the intensive margin is measured by two widely used standardized math and reading test scores, national …
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educational integration of first- and second-generation immigrants would affect the future size of the Austrian labour force. Due … between the second generation of migrants with EU or EFTA backgrounds and people without a migration background, would have … only a minor impact on future labour force participation dynamics. In contrast, closing education and labour force …
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location choice of immigrants and the reflection problem. We exploit a rare immigrant settlement policy in Germany to identify … of peer effect we restrict to no-child-adult-peers who completed their education much before the children in our sample …
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unique survey data of migrants participating in an intensive language course in Germany, we find that the age and skill …
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their countries of origin. This phenomenon is even more pronounced for parental education. It is demonstrated that the …
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education. It is demonstrated that individual human capital influences short-run integration outcomes in Germany. The paper …
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This study is the first empirical analysis to identify the causal effect of a separate preparatory language learning class on the academic success of newly immigrated primary school-aged children in comparison to their direct integration into regular classrooms. Employing unique administrative...
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Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in time allocation in the first 16 years in life. Relative to males, females spend more time on personal care, chores and educational activities and less time on physical and media...
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