Zimmermann, Markus; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke - 2016
-background characteristics, in particular rising parental education and a decrease in family size. Moreover, a sizeable share of those pupils … German education system provides ``second chances" to revise decisions made after early tracking at age 10. However, these … upgraders are less likely to continue with university education, and they also tend to have lower earnings premia than students …