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Who dares, wins? A sibling analysis of tertiary education transition in Germany
Keller, Tamás; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2014
, however, still limited regarding educational transitions later in life, such as into tertiary education. Is parental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464354
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The myth of equal opportunity in Germany?
Consiglio, Valentina S.; Sologon, Denisa M. - 2019
major objective of German policy makers. However, evidence on the access to education suggests that opportunities of … opportunity on the German labour market to occur along the lines of parental education even beyond the education system, it urges …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140768
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Tracking and the intergenerational transmission of education: Evidence from a natural experiment
von Werder, Marten; Lange, Simon - 2016
transmission of education of a reform that delayed tracking by two years in one of Germany's federal states. While the reform had …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574113
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The role of family risk attitudes in education and intergenerational mobility: An empirical analysis
Huebener, Mathias - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290955
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Who Dares, Wins?: A Sibling Analysis of Tertiary Education Transition in Germany
Keller, Tamás; Neidhöfer, Guido - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
, however, still limited regarding educational transitions later in life, such as into tertiary education. Is parental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267925
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The Role of Family Risk Attitudes in Education and Intergenerational Mobility: An Empirical Analysis
Huebener, Mathias - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818237
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Digital skills: Social disparities and the impact of early mentoring
Kosse, Fabian; Leffler, Tim; Woemmel, Arna - 2025
We investigate social disparities in digital skills, focusing on both actual proficiency levels and confidence in these skills. Drawing on a representative sample from Germany, we first demonstrate that both dimensions strongly predict labor market success. We then use this sample to identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015411835
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Accounting for the spouse when measuring inequality of opportunity
Peichl, Andreas; Ungerer, Martin - 2015
Existing literature on inequality of opportunity (IOp) has failed to address the question as to how the circumstances and choices of spouses in a couple should be treated. By omitting information relevant to the spouse in IOp estimations, the implicit assumption was full responsibility for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439782
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Equality of opportunity: East vs. West Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Ungerer, Martin - 2015
The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and labor market integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990.Using German micro data, we empirically analyze how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439787
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Lower and Upper Bounds of Unfair Inequality: Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2011
Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of the full set of endowed circumstances beyond the sphere of individual responsibility. In this paper, we suggest a new estimator based on a fixed effects panel model which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601037