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The Neighbourhood Is Not What It Used to Be
Raaum, Oddbjørn; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - 2003
Using a variance decomposition framework which provides bounds on the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find …. Neighbourhoods are less important than families, as the correlations among siblings are significantly higher than among children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271751
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The neighbourhood is not what it used to be: Has there been equalisation of opportunity across families and communities in Norway?
Raaum, Oddbjørn; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - 2001
bounds on the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find important effects of family characteristics as well as … residential location on educational attainment and adult earnings in Norway. Families are more important than neighbourhoods as … increasing equality of opportunity in Norway. Our results differ from previous US studies, suggesting that the role of families …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284243
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The gender gap in early career in Mongolia
Pastore, Francesco - 2009
Relatively little is known about the youth labour market in general and about gender differences in Mongolia, one of the fifty poorest countries in the world. This paper addresses the issue by taking advantage of a School to Work Survey (SWTS) on young people aged 15-29 years carried out in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271285
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Inequality in pupils' educational attainment: How much do family, sibling type and neighbourhood matter?
Nicoletti, Cheti; Rabe, Birgitta - 2010
We explore the relative influence of family and neighbourhood on educational attainment and how this varies by sibling type. Using English register data we find sibling correlations in exam scores of 0.563 at the end of primary school and of 0.621 at the end of compulsory schooling. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288927
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Noncognitive Skills, School Achievements and Educational Dropout (Revised Version)
Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2010
We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600953
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Does Money Buy Higher Schooling? Evidence from Secondary School Track Choice in Germany
Tamm, Marcus - 2007
The German schooling system selects children into different secondary school tracks already at a very early stage in life. School track choice heavily influences choices and opportunities later in life. It has often been observed that secondary schooling achievements display a strong correlation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261055
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The role of specific subjects in education production functions: Evidence from morning classes in Chicago Public High Schools
Cortes, Kalena E.; Bricker, Jesse; Rohlfs, Chris - 2010
Absences in Chicago Public High Schools are 3-7 days per year higher in first period than at other times of the day …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269925
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Noncognitive skills, school achievements and educational dropout
Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2009
We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298791
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High? : The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2004
Research suggests that teenage childbearing adversely affects both the outcomes of the mothers as well as those of their children. We know that low-educated women are more likely to have a teenage birth, but does this imply that policies that increase educational attainment reduce early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262157
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How policymakers should deal with the delayed benefits of early childhood programs
Bartik, Timothy J. - 2009
provides home visits and educational toys and books to disadvantaged families when the child is between the ages of 2 and 3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287982