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This paper examines the similarity in the association between earnings of sons and fathers in Germany and the United States. It relaxes the log-linear functional form imposed in most studies of the intergenerational earnings association. Theory implies the relationship between earnings of...
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My research examines within-nation differences as well as cross-national differences in socially stratified outcomes, specifically the distribution of household incomes. I build on the considerable empirical evidence suggesting that group memberships are important factors in shaping one' s life...
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There is surprisingly little macroeconomic empirical research which would support a presumed link between education and development. I identify three major reasons why it remains difficult to estimate the economic relevance of education as a determinant of growth and development. First, most...
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from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (U.S.) and the German Socio-Economic Panel, instrumental variables models are …
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Die bisherigen Daten scheinen auf eine lediglich begrenzte Einkommenskonvergenz zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland anstatt auf eine Angleichung in absehbarer Zeit hinzudeuten. In diesem Beitrag konzentrieren sich die Autoren auf die Frage, ob in Deutschland zukünftig vollständige Konvergenz der...
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also plays an important role in explaining variations in family income, wages, education, and risk attitudes. …
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Mit seinem Urteil vom 26. Januar 2005 hob das Bundesverfassungsgericht das Verbot von Studiengebühren für das Erststudium auf und stellt es damit den Bundesländern frei, Studiengebühren zu erheben. In diesem Beitrag wird argumentiert, dass Studiengebühren als solche nicht ungerecht sein...
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