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Self-Productivity in Early Childhood
Coneus, Katja; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2007
Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages. This paper presents an empirical investigation of self-productivity in early childhood in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297940
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Self-Productivity in Early Childhood
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Coneus, Katja - 2007
Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages. This paper presents an empirical investigation of self-productivity in early childhood in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297944
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Mutter-Kind-Interaktion im Säuglingsalter, Familienumgebung und Entwicklung früher kognitiver und nicht-kognitiver Fähigkeiten: Eine prospektive Studie
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Laucht, Manfred; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; … - 2010
In der vorliegenden Studie wird anhand von Daten einer prospektiven Längsschnittstudie (Mannheimer Risikokinderstudie) untersucht, welchen Beitrag die Qualität der Mutter-Kind-Interaktion (MKI) im Säuglingsalter zur Vorhersage kognitiver (IQ) und nicht-kognitiver Fähigkeiten (Persistenz) bis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300505
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Self-Productivity and Complementarities in Human Development: Evidence from MARS
Laucht, Manfred; Coneus, Katja; Blomeyer, Dorothea; … - 2008
well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk (MARS), an epidemiological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298078
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Initial Risk Matrix, Home Resources, Ability Development and Children's Achievement
Laucht, Manfred; Coneus, Katja; Blomeyer, Dorothea; … - 2008
adolescence. We analyse the predictive power of these abilities, initial risk conditions and home resources for children …'s achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk (MARS), an epidemiological cohort study, which follows … preschool age contribute to the prediction of children's achievement at school age. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298681
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Duration and Intensity of Kindergarten Attendance and Secondary School Track Choice
Landvoigt, Tim; Muehler, Grit; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2007
This paper investigates the relationship between kindergarten attendance and secondary school track choice in West-Germany. Our analysis is based on a panel of 12 to 14-year olds with information from age two on, drawn from the German SocioEconomic Panel (GSOEP) 1984?2005. We estimate binary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297938
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Human capital investment strategies in Europe
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reuß, Karsten - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
The paper analyses alternative investment policies and their consequences for the evolution of human capital in Europe based on a model of age dependent skill formation where the life span depends on investments during childhood. What makes the approach special is the analysis of the returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024656
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The impact of parents migration on the well-being of children left behind: Initial evidence from Romania
Botezat, Alina; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
Many children grow up with parents working abroad. Economists are interested in the achievement and well-being of these … home alone children to better understand the positive and negative aspects of migration in the sending countries. This … paper examines the causal effects of parents' migration on their children left home in Romania, a country where increasingly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957654
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Entwicklung und Ungleichheit von Fähigkeiten: Anmerkungen aus ökonomischer Sicht
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2009
und Kompetenzen auch im Schulalter und im Erwerbsleben ist. Für benachteiligte Kinder scheint somit die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298797
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A socio-economic analysis of youth disconnectedness
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - 2009
According to our research, some 12% of young people in Germany between the ages of 17 and 19 are disconnected, i.e. not in school, unemployed, and not living with a partner. The percentage of disconnected youths has been on the rise since 2002. There is evidence that an adverse family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299502