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Earnings Prospects for People with Migration Background in Germany

Aldashev, Alisher; Gernandt, Johannes; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2007

Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using citizenship to analyze economic issues of immigration may be problematic for two reasons. On the one hand, a quite substantial share of persons with migration background is...

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Earnings Prospects for People with Migration Background in Germany

Thomsen, Stephan L.; Gernandt, Johannes; Aldashev, Alisher - 2007

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Educational Effects of Early or Later Secondary School Tracking in Germany

Mühlenweg, Andrea Maria - 2007

This paper examines educational outcomes of pupils selected to secondary school types by different tracking regimes in a German state: Pupils are alternatively streamed after fourth grade or after sixth grade. Regression results indicate that, estimated on the mean, there are no negative effects...

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Noncognitive Skills, Internet Use and Educational Dropout

Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2008

education vanishes for males once we control for additional characteristics such as occupations, professional Internet use and …

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Grade Inflation, Social Background, and Labour Market Matching

Schwager, Robert - 2008

A model is presented where workers of differing abilities and from different social backgrounds are assigned to jobs based on grades received at school. It is examined how this matching is affected if good grades are granted to some low ability students. Such grade inflation is shown to reduce...

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A Model of Educational Attainment: Application to the German Case

Lauer, Charlotte - 2002

education to decide on the optimal amount of education they want to invest in. In an extension of the model, the educational …

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Young and innocent international evidence on age effects within grades on school victimization in elementary school

Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2009

This study examines the impact of children's age within grade on school victimization in elementary school. Identification of age effects relies on the instrumental variables approach drawing on official school entry age rules based on children's month of birth. The empirical analysis uses the...

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Regional income distribution and human capital formation: A model of intergenerational education transfer in a global context

Bartholomae, Florian W.; Popescu, Alina M. - 2009

especially among skilled individuals will soon become relevant for a country's economy. Also of importance is education of … education worsens the situation. Therefore family planning as well as fertility providing and educational measures are of major … education of their parents by using a Cobb-Douglas utility function which implies that children and consumption are …

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What makes regions in Eastern Europe catching up? The role of foreign investment, human resources and geography

Tondl, Gabriele; Vuksic, Goran - 2003

, education and innovation as well as geographical factors in a model of economic growth. The key relationships are estimated with … have appeared. Surprisingly, the high level of secondary education played no role to growth. Higher education, in contrast …

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Migration, remittances and educational outcomes: The case of Haiti

Bredl, Sebastian - 2009

. Household wealth, captured via an asset index, is found to have a signi?cant impact on education as well, supporting the idea …

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