Using data from the National Educational Panel Study of 2009/2010, this paper investigates the relationship between regional training supply and employees´ training participation. Controlling for other regional factors such as the local unemployment rate, the educational level, the population...

Using data from the National Educational Panel Study of 2009/2010, this paper investigates the relationship between regional training supply and employees' training participation. Controlling for other regional factors such as the local unemployment rate, the educational level, the population...

Using data from the National Educational Panel Study of 2009/2010, this paper investigates the relationship between regional training supply and employees' training participation. Controlling for other regional factors such as the local unemployment rate, the educational level, the population...

Das Lernen im Lebenslauf gehört zu den großen politischen und gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen in Deutschland. Daher wurde von Seiten der Bundesregierung das Programm "Bildungsprämie" auf den Weg gebracht, um die individuelle Bereitschaft zu unterstützen, durch private Investitionen in...

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this paper analyzes the relationship between training and job satisfaction focusing in particular on gender differences. Controlling for a variety of socio-demographic, job and firm characteristics, we find a difference between males and...

The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger classmates on competency tests taken between kindergarten and Grade 10. This study analyzes whether these effects of school starting age continue into adulthood. Based on data on math...

The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger classmates on competency tests taken between kindergarten and Grade 10. This study analyzes whether these effects of school starting age continue into adulthood. Based on data on math...

Wer in der Klasse zu den Jüngeren gehört, schneidet anfangs oft schlechter ab, kann die Nachteile aber später weitgehend ausgleichen. - Wenn ein Kind im Sommer geboren wurde, gehört es häufig zu den Jüngsten in der Klasse. Viele Eltern fragen sich deshalb: Hängen die Älteren mein Kind...

The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger classmates on competency tests taken between kindergarten and Grade 10. This study analyzes whether these effects of school starting age continue into adulthood. Based on data on math...

Der Anteil von Kindern, die eine Privatschule besuchen, hat sich seit Beginn der 1990er Jahre fast verdoppelt: Mittlerweile gehen gut neun Prozent aller SchülerInnen in Deutschland auf eine Privatschule. In Ostdeutschland liegt ihr Anteil mit etwas mehr als zehn Prozent inzwischen über dem...