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Like brother, like sister? : the importance of family background for cognitive and non-cognitive skills ; conference paper
Anger, Silke; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2013
This paper estimates sibling correlations in cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills to evaluate the importance of family background for skill formation. The study is based on a large representative German dataset, which includes IQ test scores and measures of personality (locus of control,...
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The effect of early childhood language training programs on the contemporary formation of grammar skills : conference paper
Kamhöfer, Daniel A. - 2014 - Preliminary
While there is a big literature on the benefits of pre-school education, only little is known why kindergarten attendance improves later-life outcomes. This is partly because most studies analyze the effect of complete 2 years pre-school programs. In order to shed light into the black box of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483845
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Closing the gender pay gap and individual task profiles : women's advantages from technological progress ; conference paper
Fedorets, Alexandra - 2014
In the present paper I provide novel evidence on the formation of the gender pay gap with respect to directly measured …-level task information, I provide detailed evidence on the evolution of task contents and their gender-specific remuneration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483888
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Are 12 years of schooling sufficient for preparation for tertiary education? : evidence from the reform of secondary school duration in Germany ; conference paper
Meyer, Tobias; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2014 - This version: February 28, 2014
An important education reform in Germany reduced the duration of university preparatory schooling from 13 to 12 years, but left the curriculum unchanged. In the state of Saxony-Anhalt the reform was completed in 2007 with a double cohort of graduates, providing a natural experiment. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481255
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Is there a gender gap in preferences for public spending? : evidence from Germany ; conference paper
Haußen, Tina - 2014
In several empirical contributions researchers have found a gender gap in preferences for public spending. This paper … analyzes the persistence of these gender gaps when income differences between individuals are taken into consideration. Using … survey data from the years 1996 and 2006 of German respondents, we show that gender gaps in preferences vanish when we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491156
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The impact of teacher skills on student performance across countries
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2014 - Preliminary version
Student performance differs greatly across countries, but little is known about the role of teacher quality in explaining these differences. New international data from the PIAAC survey of adult skills allow for the first time to quantify teacher skills in numeracy and literacy, providing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483231
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The impact of skill mismatch on earnings losses after job displacement : conference paper
Nedelkoska, Ljubica; Neffke, Frank; Wiederhold, Simon - 2013
The long-term earnings losses of displaced workers are substantial. We investigate the role of post-displacement occupational matching in explaining the cost of job displacement. We combine German administrative data on the work history of displaced workers with information on the task content...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343781
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From gross wages to net household income : a distributional analysis of the gender wage gap ; conference paper
Gallego-Granados, Patricia; Geyer, Johannes - 2014
Numerous studies analyze gender wage differences focusing on gross hourly wages. The analysis of differences in gross … is often attributed to discrimination. While there is plenty evidence that the gender (gross) wage gap is a persistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487268
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Panelanalysen zu Lohnstruktur, Qualifikation und Beschäftigungsdynamik
Bellmann, Lutz (ed.) - 1999
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