intergenerational correlations are only able to capture parts of the influence of the family on children s cognitive and non …-cognitive skills. This result is in line with findings in the literature on educational and income mobility. …

outcomes. The impact works mainly through the intensive margin and less through the probability of having children. It is … strongest in the first generation and becomes weaker for generation 1.5 (migrants arriving as children) and the second …

soziales Kapital auch für alle anderen Familienmitglieder dar; Bildung, Einkommen und Status der Eltern sind wesentliche … Ressourcen für die Kinder. Diejenigen, die bereits in ihrer Kindheit und Jugend bessere individuelle Startpositionen hatten, sind … auch im Erwachsenenalter im Vorteil. Diejenigen, die Kinder haben, verfügen in höherem Alter über Unterstützungsressourcen …

. The Education, Inclusion, and Development of Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Crucial Aspects for Governance in Africa …

. The Education, Inclusion, and Development of Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Crucial Aspects for Governance in Africa …

Given a severe nurse shortage in Switzerland, this paper investigates Swiss students choice for nursing college … suggests a role for policies that increase returns from studying nursing to attract students to nursing. In addition, the …

whether parents or teachers assess students potential educational performance more adequately. Educational attainment is …. The reform replaced parents choice about their children s secondary school type by a binding teacher recommendation. Our … capture that with free parental choice, overambitious parents tend to select too demanding tracks for their children. …