data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of … fixed effects account for time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity, education – but not income or urbanization – is …

location choice of immigrants and the reflection problem. We exploit a rare immigrant settlement policy in Germany to identify … of peer effect we restrict to no-child-adult-peers who completed their education much before the children in our sample …

Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however fulltime employment rates are …, differences in mothers’ employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of … joint taxation with income splitting for married couples, Austria taxes everyone individually, which leads to lower marginal …

population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and …

difference in favor of father´s education over mother's education. …

results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany …

Overall, children in Germany live in households with below average incomes; therefore social policies that address the … vulnerable position of Germany?s children are necessary. These policies should cover targeted financial transfers as well as … immigrants of German descent and foreign origin persons. Education is a key indicator for future economic and social perspectives …

inequality of opportunities. One crucial element of intergenerational mobility is the way parents influence the education of … their children. Unlike in the UK or in the US, in Germany an important decision about which educational track to follow is … analyse the association between parents? education and professional class and secondary track school choice and subsequent …