In the present world where education is considered an important factor, all educational institutions are facing … data mining is a new term coined in the sector of education to predict the performance of students in academics and to …

period than our detailed education data panel, we propose a twostep estimation procedure. First, we consider a score …We propose a dynamic factor model which we use to analyze the relationship between education participation and national … unemployment, as well as to forecast the number of students across the many different types of education. By clustering the factor …

Empirical evidence from several countries reveals that self-rated health is a valid predictor of mortality. So far … the relationship between self-rated health and mortality for Germany. In addition the GSOEP data enable an exploration of …

Background: Studies from several countries have shown that self-rated health is an independent predictor of mortality …. However, no empirical evidence exists for Germany so far. We investigate the effectiveness of (i) self-ratings of health by … individuals and (ii) changes in self-rated health, as predictors of mortality for Germany. Methods: A sub-sample of 3 …

information on their health status at the age of 18 and later educational attainment, we investigate whether educational … attainment is related to early health status within monozygotic twin pairs. In general, we obtain no indication of this being so …. As a result, we find little evidence that early health differences between twins would bias the estimates of the returns …