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Is child like parent? : educational attainment and ethnic origin
Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999
difference in favor of father's education over mother's education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011313954
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Is child like parent? : educational attainment and ethnic origin
Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999
difference in favor of father´s education over mother's education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576974
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Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin
Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999
difference in favor of father´s education over mother's education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262283
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Are immigrants favorably self-selected? : an economic analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2000
the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The … favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the … greater the effect of the higher level of ability on lowering the costs of migration, and the smaller the relative skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325988
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Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2000
the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The … favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the … greater the effect of the higher level of ability on lowering the costs of migration, and the smaller the relative skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262350
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Is Child Like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin
Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2021
difference in favor of father's education over mother's education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321432
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Beyond the Average : Peer Heterogeneity and Intergenerational Transmission of Education
Chakraborty, Tanika - 2014
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039603
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Cumulative causation at work : intergenerational transfers and social capital in a spatially varied economy
Gentili, Andrea; Ferretti, Luca - 2013
This paper models the dynamic of migration with a particular focus on the cumulative process that causes a variation in … cohorts. The model provides a theoretical framework to Cumulative Causation theory of migration and specifically a theoretical … rationale behind the use of migration prevalence ratio to study migration flows. Moreover the model shows how brain drain (in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731028
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Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system
Albornoz, Facundo; Berlinski, Samuel G.; Cabrales, Antonio - 2016
also provides a novel microfoundation for peer effects, with empirical implications for welfare and different education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521209
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Integration as a catalyst for assimilation
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin - 2013
We draw a distinction between the social integration and economic assimilation of migrants, and study an interaction between the two. We define social integration as blending into the host countryś society, and economic assimilation as acquisition of human capital that is specific to the host...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009775564