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Theorie und Empirie über den Wirkungszusammenhang zwischen sozialer Herkunft, kulturellem und sozialem Kapital, Bildung und Einkommen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Krenz, Astrid - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
mittelbar, über das erreichte Bildungsniveau, das Einkommen eines Menschen bestimmt. Die Bildung eines Individuums hängt dabei … Einkommen determiniert. Neben der Darlegung theoretischer und ökonometrischer Konzepte wird für die Jahre 2001 und 2005 für die … Hintergrunds über kulturelles und soziales Kapital auf das Einkommen herausarbeitet. Es zeigt sich, dass der soziale Hintergrund …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018744
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Community Midwifery Education Program in Afghanistan
Mohmand, Khalil Ahmad - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
admission criteria for students; and establishment of a strong accreditation board to ensure qualified midwives were trained by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010770371
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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Nicaragua: An Analysis Using a Sexual and Reproductive Health Framework and Human Rights
Gordillo-Tobar, Amparo; Beneitez, Geraldine; Ortega, Juana - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
In an effort to integrate operational and analytical work on adolescents and youth sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and Human Rights in Nicaragua, the World Bank, in coordination with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the United Nations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011161360
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Illness and Health Satisfaction: The Role of Relative Comparisons
Thiel, Lars - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
This paper investigates the role of relative comparisons in health status for individual health satisfaction. Previous research stresses the importance of interdependencies in subjective well-being and health arising from positional preferences and status e ects, social health norms, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010937932
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Why Do German Men Marry Women from Less Developed Countries?: An Analysis of Transnational Partner Search Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel
Glowsky, David - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007
This paper examines why German men marry women from countries which are less economically developed. Two hypotheses deduced from exchange theory and the economic theory of the family are tested: 1. Low physical and social attractiveness as well as reduced opportunities to meet German partners...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017387
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Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health Policy Harmonization in Bangladesh
El-Saharty, Sameh; Ahsan, Karar Zunaid; May, John F. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Over the past 30 years, Bangladesh has achieved significant economic and human development progress, and demonstrated impressive policy as well as programmatic commitment to lowering the fertility level. However, its future socioeconomic prospects may be hampered by its population growth rate,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011076254
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Involving Men in Reproductive and Fertility Issues: Insights from Punjab
Kamran, Iram; Khan, Mumraiz; Tasneem, Zeba - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Drawing on three sources, a 2013 qualitative study in four districts of Punjab province; a targeted analysis of the baseline and end line surveys of the Family Advancement for Life and Health (FALAH 2007-2012) project; and the Pakistan Demographic Health Survey (PDHS) of 1990-1991 and of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010829324
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Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes - in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Zibrowius, Michael - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015
We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213877
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Spillover Effects of Maternal Education on Child's Health and Schooling
Kemptner, Daniel; Marcus, Jan - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
compromise these results. We also discuss assortative mating and household income as possible channels of causality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021617
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The Role of Family Risk Attitudes in Education and Intergenerational Mobility: An Empirical Analysis
Huebener, Mathias - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
risk taking fathers have a significantly higher educational mobility and persistently higher income mobility than peers … experience higher educational mobility, but there is no difference in income mobility to risk averse sons. There are no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818237