We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both,...

Disconnectedness among youth can have several dimensions. From a socio-economic viewpoint, failure in school, unemployment and the lack of an intimate relationship are among the most important ones. In our samples from SOEP youth questionnaires, approximately 13% of young people in Germany...

We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both,...

Frühkindliche Aktivitäten außer Haus können neben der Kindertagesbetreuung Möglichkeiten der frühkindlichen Bildung sein. Darüber hinaus können sie Eltern eine soziale Teilhabe sichern. Nahezu die Hälfte aller Kinder, die noch nicht zur Schule gehen, nutzt solche "außerhäusigen"...

While recent studies mostly find that attending child care earlier improves the skills of children from low socio-economic and non-native backgrounds in the short-run, it remains unclear whether such positive effects persist. We identify the short- and medium-run effects of early child care...

Junge Menschen bleiben in Deutschland selten ohne berufsqualifizierenden Abschluss. Konnten im Jahr 2005 noch 16,5 Prozent aller Personen im Alter zwischen 20 und 29 Jahren, die sich nicht mehr in der Ausbildung befanden, keinen beruflichen Abschluss vorzeigen, waren es im Jahr 2011 nur 13,4...

Der Besuch einer Kindertageseinrichtung (Kita) oder einer Grundschule stellt für Kinder mit Fluchthintergrund einen wichtigen Bestandteil der Integration und Teilhabe an der deutschen Gesellschaft dar. Im Kontext des Zuzugs von mehr als 890 000 Schutzsuchenden im Jahr 2015 untersucht dieser...

In this study, we provide evidence that parents' beliefs about the value of math, in terms of successful employment, have a positive impact on children's math scores. This result is robust to the reverse causality issue that characterizes the relationship between parental attitude and children's...

While recent studies mostly find that attending child care earlier improves the skills of children from low socio-economic and non-native backgrounds in the short-run, it remains unclear whether such positive effects persist. We identify the short- and medium-run effects of early child care...

We evaluate the Reggio Approach using non-experimental data on individuals from the cities of Reggio Emilia, Parma and Padova belonging to one of five age cohorts: ages 50, 40, 30, 18, and 6 as of 2012. The treated were exposed to municipally offered infant-toddler (ages 0 3) and preschool (ages...