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The effect of age at school entry on educational attainment in Germany
Fertig, Michael (contributor); Kluve, Jochen (contributor) - 2005
Determining the optimal age at which a child should enter school is a controversial topic in education policy. In particular, German policy makers, pedagogues, parents, and teachers have since long discussed whether the traditional, established age of school entry at 6 years remains appropriate....
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The Effect of Age at School Entry on Educational Attainment in Germany
Fertig, Michael; Kluve, Jochen - 2021
Determining the optimal age at which a child should enter school is a controversial topic in education policy. In particular, German policy makers, pedagogues, parents, and teachers have since long discussed whether the traditional, established age of school entry at 6 years remains appropriate....
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The impact of compulsory schooling on earnings : evidence from the 1999 education reform in Poland
Liwiński, Jacek - 2018
In 1999, a reform of education was implemented in Poland, which added one year to the shortest available educational path, leading to the acquisition of basic vocational education. In the new system, students choosing this path acquire one more year of general education, which, according to the...
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Einstellungen zur politischen Ordnung in Transformationsländern
Jacobs, Jörg - 1999
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Die Umstrukturierung landwirtschaftlicher Unternehmen beim Übergang zur Marktwirtschaft unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Faktors Arbeit
Czasch, Britta (contributor) - 1998
The submitted paper is discussing the role of labour in the restructuring process of agricultural enterprises as apart of the transition process towards a market economy. A concept for the measurement of lacks in efficiency is formulated on the background of the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)....
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Ganztagsschulen und Erwerbsbeteiligung von Müttern: Eine Mikrosimulationsstudie für Deutschland
Beblo, Miriam; Lauer, Charlotte; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2005
erwarten wären: Die Erwerbsbeteiligung der Mütter würde um 4 Prozentpunkte in West- und um einen Prozentpunkt in Ostdeutschland … steigen. Ihre durchschnittliche Arbeitszeit würde sich um mehr als 16 Prozent in West- und um 5 Prozent in Ostdeutschland … durchschnittliche Arbeitszeit würde um 4 Prozent steigen. In Ostdeutschland ist mit niedrigeren Effekten zu rechnen, da das dort …
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Selective Schools
Brunello, Giorgio; Giannini, Massimo - 1999
This paper studies how schooling admission tests affect economic performance in an economy where individuals are endowed with both academic and non academic abilities and both abilities matter for labor productivity. We develop a simple model with selective government held schools, where...
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The fading productivity of schooling in East Asia
Gundlach, Erich; Wößmann, Ludger - 1999
We compare changes in schooling output and in schooling input of six East Asian countries to derive a measure of productivity change. Our results question the impression that all is well with education in East Asia. First, we find that the cognitive achievement of pupils did not change...
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The decline of schooling productivity in OECD countries
Gundlach, Erich; Wößmann, Ludger; Gmelin, Jens - 2000
Based on Baumol’s cost-disease model, we develop two alternative measures of the change in the productivity of schooling. Both productivity measures are based on changes in the relative price of schooling. We find that in most OECD countries the price of schooling has increased faster in...
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