This paper investigates how to test for nonresponse selection bias in wage functions induced by missing income information. We suggest an “easy-to-implement” approach which requires information on interviewer IDs and the interview date rather than hard-to-get interviewer characteristics.

Based on the individual-level data of the PISA 2000 study, this Paper provides a detailed econometric analysis of the way that reading test scores are associated with individual and family background information, and with characteristics of the school and class of the 15 to 16 year old...

This Paper provides a snapshot of the stock of immigrants in Germany using the 1995 wave of the Mikrozensus, with a particular emphasis on distinguishing first- and second-generation migrants. On the basis of this portrait, we draw attention to the empirically most relevant groups of immigrants...

This paper investigates whether and to what extent demographic change has an impact on human capital accumulation. The effect of the relative cohort size on educational attainment of young adults in Germany is analyzed utilizing data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for West-German...

The ultimate aim of opinion surveys is the provision of information on the distribution of preferences and perceptions at the individual level. Yet, eliciting this information from the data is typically difficult. This Paper uses a structural model to explain the answers on a set of questions...

This article investigates whether and to what extent employment policy measures (co-) financed by the European Social Fund in Germany meet their objective. Specifically, it is analysed whether qualification programs for employed workers in the German state of Saxony were effective in terms of...