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Childhood family structure and schooling outcomes : evidence for Germany

Francesconi, Marco (contributor); … - 2006

We analyse the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003353635

Childhood family structure and schooling outcomes : evidence for Germany

Francesconi, Marco (contributor); … - 2005

We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003280834

The American high school graduation rate : trends and levels

Heckman, James J.; LaFontaine, Paul A. - 2008

school graduation rates. We establish that (a) the true high school graduation rate is substantially lower than widely used …) growing high school graduation differentials by gender help explain increasing male-female college attendance gaps. -- high … school dropout rate ; high school graduation rates ; educational attainment …