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education. It is demonstrated that individual human capital influences short-run integration outcomes in Germany. The paper … countries that recently arrived in Germany. The findings suggest that, on average, asylum seekers in our sample have 22% more …
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citizenship is associated with lower return migration probability. Since the returns to investments in (country-specific) human … success of their children. I exploit a natural experiment that took place in Germany in the year 2000 that reduced the …
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Gymnasiumbesuchs zu messen. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, dass geflüchtete Kinder, die eine Vorbereitungsklasse besuchen, im Vergleich zu …
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Switzerland changed its migration policy in the 1990s from a "non-qualified only" policy to one of almost free movement …
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We analyze the impact of exercising sports during childhood and adolescence on educational attainment. The theoretical framework is based on models of allocation of time and educational productivity. Using the rich information from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply generalized...
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We exploit rules of class formation to identify the causal effect of increasing the number of immigrants in a classroom on natives test scores, keeping class size constant (Pure Composition Effect). We explain why this is a relevant policy parameter although it has been neglected so far. We show...
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We study attitudes to education among English adolescents. Using PISA data, we show there is considerable variation in … also show that students in London have more positive attitudes to education on average, but this is entirely accounted for …
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This paper examines educational outcomes of pupils selected to secondary school types by different tracking regimes in … demonstrates that the proportion of pupils reaching the highest level of secondary education is relatively small for those who … attended later tracking schools. Additionally, the incidence of track modification is relatively frequent for schools with a …
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In recent years there has been a plethora of empirical papers by economists concerning the effects of academic rank in school or college on subsequent outcomes of students. We review this recent literature, describing the difficult identification and measurement issues, the assumptions and...
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In recent years there has been a plethora of empirical papers by economists concerning the effects of academic rank in school or college on subsequent outcomes of students. We review this recent literature, describing the difficult identification and measurement issues, the assumptions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040930