Young people's leisure activities are significantly different today than they were ten years ago. The obvious use of communication and entertainment electronics, such as cell phones, computers, and games consoles is only one aspect - there are also less visible changes: informal activities such...

Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage disparities evolve over time, particularly during the first few years spent by young workers in the labor market. More generally, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early...

In der vorliegenden Studie wird anhand von Daten einer prospektiven Längsschnittstudie (Mannheimer Risikokinderstudie) untersucht, welchen Beitrag die Qualität der Mutter-Kind-Interaktion (MKI) im Säuglingsalter zur Vorhersage kognitiver (IQ) und nichtkognitiver Fähigkeiten (Persistenz) bis...

Selbstproduktivität ist eine zentrale Eigenschaft für die Entwicklung von Fähigkeiten. Sie besagt, dass der Erwerb weiterer Fähigkeiten positiv vom bereits erreichten Fähigkeitsniveau abhängt. Auf Grundlage des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) untersucht diese empirische Analyse für...

Ample empirical evidence links adverse conditions during early childhood (the period from conception to age five) to worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests...

In this paper, I use a unique dataset linking administrative school data with birth records to quantify the importance of time-varying family factors for child achievement and time use. Specifically, I take a model of academic achievement commonly used in the test score literature, and I augment...

In recent years, almost all children below school age in Western industrialized countries have some experience of attending day care institutions. However, the age at which children enter day care and therefore the overall time spent in day care varies substantially. We investigate the potential...

Das Bundesverfassungsgericht fordert eine Neugestaltung der Regelsätze in der Grundsicherung für Arbeitssuchende. Die Regelleistungen für Kinder und Jugendliche müssen in Zukunft eigenständig berechnet werden, und sie haben einen Rechtsanspruch auf Bildungsförderung. Kann eine...