The impact of parents' education and social position on their children's educational career is very well known for Germany. However, there is little research on the influence of parental income. The costs of longer-lasting school tracks and the financial opportunities of the parents are crucial...

Private paid tutoring is a subject that is not well recognised in education research. By using theories on educational choice one could argue that tutoring promotes inequalities in attaining qualifications. Empirical analyses based on the German Socio Economic Panel Study (SOEP) show that more...

The introduction of a single European currency, the euro, is one of the biggest political projects undertaken up to now promoting European unity. However, in some countries - such as Germany - acceptance is still not high, even several years after the currency's introduction. Yet widespread...

In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist der Anteil der Personen, die sich im Zusammenhang mit der Einführung des Euro sorgen, hoch. Welche individuellen Eigenschaften das Vorliegen dieser Sorgen beeinflussen und wie diese sich im Zeitverlauf entwickeln, ist Gegenstand der Arbeit. In der...

This paper investigates the attitudes towards the Euro and their changes over time in Germany by using longitudinal micro data from the German Socio Economic Panel Study (SOEP). We observe that a large part of the German population was worried about the new currency before its implementation....