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Determinants of Financial Literacy among German Students: An Empirical Analysis

Riebe, Katharina - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 89 (2020) 4, pp. 39-53

determinants of financial literacy among students at a German university. An additional goal is the identification of gender … results suggest a rather low level of financial literacy among female students. Additional factors such as a very good … mathematics grade and logical thinking have a significantly positive impact on financial literacy. Students in economics are more …

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Decline in values of degrees and recent evolution of wage inequality: Evidence from Chile

Murakami, Yoshimichi; Nomura, Tomokazu - In: Estudios de Economía 50 (2023) 1, pp. 55-132

Using data from nationally and regionally representative household surveys, we analyze the association between the changes in coefficients of dummy variables for higher education degrees in the wage equation and evolution of wage inequality in Chile from 2013-2017. Employing a decomposition...

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Is the return to education the same for everybody?

Webber, Douglas - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

institutional quality, discipline studied, or individual characteristics? Is a college degree always worth the cost? Students … helping prospective students make the best decision. …

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A vibrant European labor market with full employment

Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 3 (2014) 10, pp. 1-24

We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We call this scenario "vibrant". It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European Union...

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Level of Satisfaction of Educational Services Consumers. Impact and Consequences for the Responsibility of an Economics Faculty

Savoiu, Gheorghe; Necsulescu, Consuela; Taicu, Marian; … - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 16 (2014) 35, pp. 88-107

manner should cover nearly all their expectations as consumers (students and MA trainees), and also the educational …

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Decomposing international gender test score differences

Munir, Farzana; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 52 (2018) 12, pp. 1-17

endowments and learning productivity, although the largest part remains unexplained. Countries' general level of gender (in …

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BAföG: Wirkungsanalysen überfällig

Meier, Dennis H.; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Wolf, Felix - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 104 (2024) 8, pp. 555-561

Das BAföG soll Bildungspotenziale ausschöpfen und Chancengleichheit fördern. Dafür hat es zwei wesentliche Steuerungshebel: Freibeträge und Bedarfssätze. Anpassungen beider Größen werden bisher nicht auf Grundlage belegbarer Ergebnisse zur Zielerreichung, sondern in politischen...

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The COVID-19 pandemic: A threat to higher education? Evidence from a large university in Northern Italy

Bonaccolto-Töpfer, Marina; Castagnetti, Carolina - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 58 (2024) 1, pp. 1-13

in Northern Italy. Comprehensive administrative data allows us to monitor students' performance and to have detailed … timing of the lockdown that fell together with the start of the summer term in 2020. We find no marked effects on students …

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Is it worth it? Postsecondary education and labor market outcomes for the disadvantaged

Backes, Ben; Holzer, Harry J.; Velez, Erin - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-30

and labor market outcomes between the disadvantaged and other students, but meaningful gaps also exist within achievement … instead many disadvantaged (and other) students choose general humanities programs at the AA (and even the BA level) with low …

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Overqualification of graduates: assessing the role of family background

Erdsiek, Daniel - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 49 (2016) 3, pp. 253-268

Overqualification signals a mismatch between jobs' educational requirements and workers' qualifications implying potential productivity losses at the macro and the micro level. This study explores how the family background of German graduates affects the probability to hold a job that does not...

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