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Education promoted secularization : conference paper

Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014

data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of … fixed effects account for time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity, education but not income or urbanization is negatively …

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Structural change and the freight transport labour market : prepared for the Roundtable on Commercial Vehicle On-Board Safety Systems, January 5-6, 2017, Washington, DC

Blix, Mårten - Roundtable on Commercial Vehicle On-Board Safety … - 2017

Nations that have managed to become rich have had institutional features that supported incentives for value creation … risks associated with self-employment. Better education throughout working lives is the key to getting the benefits of …

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The returns to education for opportunity entrepreneurs, necessity entrepreneurs, and paid employees : conference paper

Fossen, Frank M.; Büttner, Tobias - 2013

We assess the relevance of formal education on the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between … employment options. We expect differences in the returns to education between these groups due to different levels of control … of education and non-random selection. The results indicate that the returns to a year of education for opportunity …

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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...

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Local employer competition and training of workers : conference paper

Rzepka, Sylvi; Tamm, Marcus - 2014

The new training literature suggests that in a monopsonistic market employers will not only pay for firm-specific training but also for general training if the risk of poaching is limited. This implies that training participation should decrease when competition for employees is higher among...

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Are sociocultural factors important for studying a science university major? : conference paper

Grossmann, Volker; Osikominu, Aderonke; Osterfeld, Marius - 2014

political attitudes towards gender equality and science-related issues in their home environment for choosing STEM fields in …

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The effect of early universal daycare on child weight problems : conference paper

Lauber, Verena; Thomas, Lampert - 2014 - Preliminary version

As the number of young children in daycare increases, people start to worry about the effect of early non-parental care. This is of special relevance as investments in the early periods of life are shown to be most important for a child’s long term development. Based on the German national...

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Knowing what not to do : financial literacy and consumer credit choices ; conference paper

Dick, Christian D.; Jaroszek, Lena M. - 2014

We analyze whether the frequent use of credit lines is rational or influenced by behavioral traits of households. We consider the special case of Germany where credit lines on current accounts are available to 80% of the population. We document that the excessive usage of costly credit lines is...

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Returns to skills around the world : evidence from PIAAC ; conference paper

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon; … - 2014

Existing estimates of the labor-market returns to human capital give a distorted picture of the role of skills across different economies. International comparisons of earnings analyses rely almost exclusively on school attainment measures of human capital, and evidence incorporating direct...

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Student assessment and grade retention : evidence from a natural experiment ; conference paper

Kimura, Marlies; Ochsen, Carsten - 2014

In Germany and many other countries, students are tracked into various secondary school types. This paper studies whether parents or teachers assess students potential educational performance more adequately. Educational attainment is measured by grade retention rates. We take advantage of a...

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