transmission of education of a reform that delayed tracking by two years in one of Germany's federal states. While the reform had …Proponents of tracking argue that the creation of more homogeneous classes increases effciency while opponents point … out that tracking aggravates initial differences between students. We estimate the effects on the intergenerational …

This paper analyses the role of family risk attitudes in intergenerational mobility in incomes and education. Based on … with risk averse fathers. They obtain significantly higher levels of education, which would be justified by modest evidence … on higher returns to education. The relationship seems more complex for sons' own risk attitudes. Risk taking sons …

This paper analyses the role of family risk attitudes in intergenerational mobility in incomes and education. Based on … with risk averse fathers. They obtain significantly higher levels of education, which would be justified by modest evidence … on higher returns to education. The relationship seems more complex for sons' own risk attitudes. Risk taking sons …

intergenerational transfers, parental occupation, and the region of birth. In contrast, gender and individuals' own education are the …

We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to …

We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to …

We estimate the causal effect of maternal education on the mental health of mother's children in late adolescence and … adulthood. Theoretical considerations are ambiguous about a causal effect of maternal education on children's mental health. To … identify the causal effect of maternal education, we exploit exogenous variation in maternal years of schooling, caused by a …