skills are systematically related to measures of human-capital investment such as education and work experience. The number … of skills increases with experience, and the average age-skill profile closely resembles the well-established concave age-earnings … differences account for more earnings variation than detailed measures of education and experience. Third, we document a sizable …

skills are systematically related to measures of human-capital investment such as education and work experience. The number … of skills increases with experience, and the average ageskill profile closely resembles the well-established concave age-earnings … differences account for more earnings variation than detailed measures of education and experience. Third, we document a sizable …

, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education using a recent large administrative dataset of Italian graduates obtained from … sons than for daughters. The documented STEM intergenerational transmission is not driven by liberal profession of parents …

, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education using a recent large administrative dataset of Italian graduates obtained from … sons than for daughters. The documented STEM intergenerational transmission is not driven by liberal profession of parents …

expected, students who perceive the monetary returns to education to be higher are more likely to intend to continue in full …-time education. However, the main driver is the perceived consumption value, which alone explains around half of the variation of the … intention to pursue higher education. Moreover, the perceived consumption value can account for a substantial part of both the …

expected, students who perceive the monetary returns to education to be higher are more likely to intend to continue in full …-time education. However, the main driver is the perceived consumption value, which alone explains around half of the variation of the … intention to pursue higher education. Moreover, the perceived consumption value can account for a substantial part of both the …

individual educational achievement, employment and earnings vary with individual family characteristics such as the gender of …We use Danish register data to investigate whether the effects of schoolmates' gender and average parental education on … siblings and own parental education. We find that boys with sisters have worse employment prospects than boys with no sisters …

, employment and earnings vary with individual family characteristics such as the gender of siblings and own parental education. We …We investigate whether the effects of schoolmates' gender and average parental education on educational achievement … dispersion of parental education in the school increases. We also show that boys with sisters who are exposed to a higher share …

Elisabeth Grewenig prepared this study while she was working at the Center for Economics of Education at the ifo … Munich. It consists of five distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of human capital formation and education …

This dissertation consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of the economics of education … performance. Finally, chapter 5 presents new insights to gender gaps in adult cognitive skills, showing that they are highly … related to wages, especially at the top of the wage distribution. …