Um dem demografischen Wandel in Deutschland nachhaltig entgegenzuwirken, könnten mehr junge Menschen dafür gewonnen werden, sich für das erste, zweite, dritte und weitere Kinder zu entscheiden. Allerdings ist trotz jahrelanger intensiver Forschung zu diesem Thema nach wie vor nicht...

We document three new facts about entrepreneurship. First, a majority of male entrepreneurs start a firm in the same or a closely related industry as their fathers' industry of employment. Second, this tendency is correlated with intelligence: higher-IQ entrepreneurs are less likely to follow...

It is notoriously difficult to identify peer effects within the family, because of the common shocks and reflection problems. We make use of a novel identification strategy and unique data in order to gain some purchase on this problem. We employ data from the universe of children born in...

Despite substantial interest in preschool as a means of narrowing the achievement gap, little is known about how particular program attributes might influence the achievement gains of disadvantaged preschoolers. This paper uses survey data on a recent cohort to explore the mediating influence of...