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vocational training nor the occupational position of the parents in childhood, which both correlate with household income, can … Socio-Economic Panel Study and survival analysis models, we show that maternal education is related to children's life … expectancy - even after controlling for children's own level of education. This applies equally to daughters and sons as well as …
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We estimate the causal effect of maternal education on the mental health of mother's children in late adolescence and … adulthood. Theoretical considerations are ambiguous about a causal effect of maternal education on children's mental health. To … causal protective effect of maternal education on children's mental health. Instead, our empirical results suggest a moderate …
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compromise these results. We also discuss assortative mating and household income as possible channels of causality. …
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This paper evaluates how a light-touch parenting program for parents of children below school entry age affects … maternal well-being. We first analyze data from a randomized controlled trial focusing on more advantaged parents. Second, we …
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We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both,...
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analysis is based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study in which we observe children when they make their …
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We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011634978
This paper presents the results of a randomized study of a home visiting program implemented in Germany for low-income … welfare state arrangements for disadvantaged mothers with young children in Germany. …
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’ household income and risk of poverty. The results are inconsistent with the diverging destinies perspective, as educational gaps … divorce as an equalizer, as higher educated mothers experienced larger declines in household income. Educational gaps in the …
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We study the short, medium, and longer run employment effects of a substantial change in the parental leave benefit program in Germany. In 2007, a means-tested parental leave transfer program that had paid benefits for up to two years was replaced by an earnings related transfer which paid...
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