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Kindergarten Enrollment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Education

Bauer, Philipp C.; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

enroll in kindergarten. Taking advantage of heterogeneity across cantons we find that early kindergarten enrollment …

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Children's School Placement in Germany: Does Kindergarten Attendance Matter?

Spiess, C. Katharina; Büchel, Felix; Wagner, Gert G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

this study we examine the relationship between Kindergarten attendance and the 7th grade school placement of children in … West Germany, differentiating associations for the children of German citizens as compared to those of immigrants. Using … results indicate that there is no significant correlation between Kindergarten attendance of children of German citizens and …

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Cooperatives in a Global Economy: Key Economic Issues, Recent Trends, and Potential for Development

Smith, Stephen C.; Rothbaum, Jonathan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

In this paper, we examine major trends and potential for cooperatives in the context of four prominent socio-economic issues: the lack of jobs, economic and social inequality, educational mobility, and the priority need for innovations. We present recent data on the amount and types of job...

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Age at School Entry and Intergenerational Educational Mobility

Bauer, Philipp C.; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children first enter (primary) school. Early age at school entry significantly affects mobility and reduces the relative advantage of children of better educated parents.

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Chancengleichheit und lebenslanges Lernen: Zur Zukunft der Bildung in Deutschland

Ritzen, Jo; Hinte, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Das deutsche Bildungssystem steht ungeachtet diverser Reformanstrengungen in der jüngeren Vergangenheit weiter vor großen Herausforderungen: Im internationalen Vergleich fehlt es an sozialer Chancengleichheit im Verlauf der Bildungskarrieren, und für eine "Bildungsnation" nehmen sich die...

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The Economics of Child Well-Being

Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This chapter presents an integrated economic approach that organizes and interprets the evidence on child development. It also discusses the indicators of child well-being that are used in international comparisons. Recent evidence on child development is summarized, and policies to promote...

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Does Head Start Improve Children's Life Chances? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design

Ludwig, Jens; Miller, Douglas L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper exploits a new source of variation in Head Start funding to identify the program’s effects on health and schooling. In 1965 the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) provided technical assistance to the 300 poorest counties to develop Head Start proposals. The result was a large and...

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Perceptions and Labor Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Australia after 9/11

Goel, Deepti - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

I examine whether after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 Muslim immigrants and immigrants who fit the Muslim … religious and racial intolerance and discrimination relative to other immigrants. Further, I do not find evidence that after 9 …

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Age at Immigration and High School Dropouts

Cohen Goldner, Sarit; Epstein, Gil S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

dropout rate and age of arrival of the immigrants. Using repeated cross sectional data from the Israeli Labor Force Surveys of …

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Job Quality in Segmented Labor Markets: The Israeli Case

Neuman, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

common among the more vulnerable sub-populations of new-immigrants, disabled individuals, Israeli-Arabs, foreign-workers and …

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