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Integration durch Bildung : Migranten und Flüchtlinge in Deutschland : Gutachten
Blossfeld, Hans-Peter; Bos, Wilfried; Daniel, Hans-Dieter - Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft - 2016 - 1. Auflage
Die jüngsten Migrations- und Wanderungsbewegungen stellen Deutschland vor große Herausforderungen, zu denen auch die … Flüchtlinge in Deutschland. Eine Wohltat im alltäglichen Gezeter und Geschrei über die „Flüchtlingskrise“. Ein Schrecken, der …
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Schulabgänger ohne Hauptschulabschluss : regionale Disparitäten eines wachsenden Problempotenzials
Franz, Peter; Lang, Cornelia - In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung 58 (2000) 4, pp. 307-316
von Unternehmern und Wirtschaftsverbänden über den unzureichenden Bildungsstand von Schulabgängern deuten darauf hin, dass der erhöhten Nachfrage nach dem Faktor Humankapital kein adäquates qualitatives Angebot gegenübersteht. Ein Indikator hierfür ist der Anstieg sowohl der absoluten...
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Why Does Height Matter for Educational Attainment? Evidence from German Pre-Teen Children
Cinnirella, Francesco; Piopiunik, Marc; Winter, Joachim - 2021
Several studies have shown that body height is positively associated with educational attainment. In this paper, we investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are more likely to enroll in ‘Gymnasium’, the most...
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What Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong : Birthday Effects and Early Tracking in the German School System
Jürges, Hendrik; Schneider, Kerstin - 2021
At the age of ten German pupils are given a secondary school track recommendation which largely determines the actual track choice. Track choice has major effects on the life course, mainly through labor market outcomes. Using data from the German PISA extension study, we analyze the effect of...
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Does the Early Bird Catch the Worm? Instrumental Variable Estimates of Educational Effects of Age of School Entry in Germany
Puhani, Patrick A.; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2021
We estimate the effect of age of school entry on educational attainment using three different data sets for Germany …
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Zero Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Germany : Evidence and Interpretation
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Wachter, Till von - 2021
the range of 10 to 15 percent. We find no return to compulsory schooling in Germany in terms of higher wages. We … investigate whether this is due to labor market institutions or the existence of the apprenticeship training system in Germany … most relevant for the labor market are learned earlier in Germany than in other countries …
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The Enrollment Effect of Secondary School Fees in Post-War Germany
Riphahn, Regina T. - 2021
This study utilizes the heterogeneity of the fee abolition for West German secondary schools to identify its effect on enrollment and to obtain an estimate of the price elasticity of demand for education. The analysis is based on administrative school enrollment statistics as well as on...
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The Effect of Central Exit Examinations on Student Achievement : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Timss Germany
Jürges, Hendrik; Schneider, Kerstin; Büchel, Felix - 2021
This paper makes use of the regional variation in schooling legislation within the German secondary education system to estimate the causal effect of central exit examinations on student performance. We propose a difference-in-differences framework that exploits the quasi-experimental nature of...
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Who's to Blame? The Determinants of German Students' Achievement in the PISA 2000 Study
Fertig, Michael - 2021
The publication of the OECD report on the PISA 2000 study induced a public outcry in Germany. On average, German … Germany to the survey. The results of several quantile regression analyses demonstrate that many popular explanations, like …
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Parental Background, Primary to Secondary School Transitions, and Wages
Dustmann, Christian - 2021
their children. Unlike in the UK or in the US, in Germany an important decision about which educational track to follow is …
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