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Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023

work effort, fertility, and the demographic transition. And it affects total factor productivity by constraining or …

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Technological change and skill obsolescence : the case of German apprenticeship training

Blechinger, Doris; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 1996

The paper analyses the applicability of vocational training and the earnings of apprentices using survey data from West Germany in 1979, 1985/86 and 1991/92. The applicability has decreased remarkably between 1979 and 1991/92. The objective of the analysis is a survey-data-based assessment of...

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Do party positions affect the public's policy preferences?

Grewenig, Elisabeth; Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina - 2019

The standard assumption of exogenous policy preferences implies that parties set their positions according to their voters' preferences. We investigate the reverse effect: Are the electorates' policy preferences responsive to party positions? In a representative German survey, we inform...

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Skills, signals, and employability : an experimental investigation

Piopiunik, Marc; Schwerdt, Guido; Simon, Lisa; … - 2018

As skills of labor-market entrants are usually not directly observed by employers, individuals acquire skill signals. To study which signals are valued by employers, we simultaneously and independently randomize a broad range of skill signals on pairs of resumes of fictitious applicants among...

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Does ignorance of economic returns and costs explain the educational aspiration gap? : evidence from representative survey experiments

Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018

university education for their children. The latter are more likely to underestimate returns and overestimate costs of university …

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Can mentoring alleviate family disadvantage in adolescence? : a field experiment to improve labor-market prospects

Resnjanskij, Sven; Ruhose, Jens; Wiederhold, Simon; … - 2021

. The results show that substituting lacking family support by other adults can help disadvantaged children at adolescent …

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The legacy of Covid-19 in education

Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2021

If school closures and social-distancing experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic impeded children’s skill development …, they may leave a lasting legacy in human capital. To understand the pandemic’s effects on school children, this paper … and students’ cognitive and socio-emotional development. The German panel evidence shows that children’s learning time …

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Growing up in ethnic enclaves : language proficiency and educational attainment of immigrant children

Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Piopiunik, Marc; … - 2018

Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host … exposure to a higher own-ethnic concentration impairs immigrant children's host-country language proficiency and increases …

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Technological change and skill obsolescence : the case of German apprenticeship training

Blechinger, Doris; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 1996

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Qualifikation, Beschäftigung und technischer Fortschritt

Blechinger, Doris; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 1997

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