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Analyzing zero returns to education in Germany : heterogeneous effects and skill formation
Kamhöfer, Daniel A.; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2013
compulsory schooling on wages in Germany. We go beyond these studies and test a potential reason for it, namely that basic skills … have a causal effect on cognitive skills in Germany. This is consistent with the explanation for zero effects of schooling … are learned earlier in Germany and additional years of schooling are not effective anymore. This is done by also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010195541
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Analyzing zero returns to education in Germany : heterogeneous effects and skill formation ; conference paper
Kamhöfer, Daniel A.; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2013 - This version: August 28, 2013, preliminary
variable estimation is necessary since on the one hand, schooling is highly affected by cognitive skills (reverse causality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342118
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Analyzing Zero Returns to Education in Germany : Heterogeneous Effects and Skill Formation
Kamhöfer, Daniel; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2013
compulsory schooling on wages in Germany. We go beyond these studies and test a potential reason for it, namely that basic skills … have a causal effect on cognitive skills in Germany. This is consistent with the explanation for zero effects of schooling … are learned earlier in Germany and additional years of schooling are not effective anymore. This is done by also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014152214
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School curricula, educational trajectories, and labor market outcomes
Arold, Benjamin W. - 2022
the classroom and beyond. Chapter 2 demonstrates that the abolishment of compulsory religious education in Germany does …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013342692
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The return on human (STEM) capital in Belgium
Bijnens, Gert; Dhyne, Emmanuel - 2021
mobility of human (STEM) capital. Without a proper supply of skills, firms will not be able to reap the full benefits of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012584874
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A historical note on the assimilation rates of foreign-born women in the U.S.
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Dowhan, Dan; Liu, Xingfei - 2023
Using historical, longitudinal data on individuals, we track the earnings of immigrant and U.S.-born women. Following individuals, instead of synthetic cohorts, avoids biases in earnings-growth estimates caused by compositional changes in the cohorts that are followed. The historical data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013479670
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Effects of childhood peers on personality skills
Feng, Shuaizhang; Kim, Jun Hyung; Yang, Zhe - 2021
, we find suggestive evidence that these effects are driven by the peers' personality skills. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012800572
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Effects of childhood peers on personality skills
Feng, Shuaizhang; Kim, Jun Hyung; Yang, Zhe - 2021
, we find suggestive evidence that these effects are driven by the peers' personality skills. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012704643
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A partial identifification approach to identifying the determinants of human capital accumulation : an application to teachers
Mehta, Nirav - 2022
This paper views teacher quality through the human capital perspective. Teacher quality exhibits substantial growth over teachers' careers, but why it improves is not well understood. I use a human capital production function nesting On-the-Job-Training (OJT) and Learningby- Doing (LBD) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013174067
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A partial identification approach to identifying the determinants of human capital accumulation: an application to teachers
Mehta, Nirav - 2022
This paper views teacher quality through the human capital perspective. Teacher quality exhibits substantial growth over teachers’ careers, but why it improves is not well understood. I use a human capital production function nesting On-the-Job-Training (OJT) and Learning-by-Doing (LBD) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013174484