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"Im Rahmen einer mehrdimensionalen Analyse wird der Einfluß von Nationalität, Geschlecht, Ausbildung, Alter und in … Blick verzerren. Es stellt sich heraus, daß von den in die Analyse einbezogenen Merkmalen die Ausbildung den stärksten … Ausbildung erhöht sie um 2,8 Prozentpunkte, insgesamt differenziert diese Variable also die Arbeitslosenquote um 5 …
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In this paper, I offer a theoretical explanation of the robust gender differences in educational achievement distributions of school children. I consider a one shot cheap talk game with two different types of senders (biased teachers and fair teachers), two types of receivers ("normal" and...
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This paper presents evidence on the development of educational attainment and its returns on the labor market in Germany in the time period 1985-2002. Returns to education are estimated using Mincer equations. We analyze microcensus data in addition to GSOEP data, which allows estimating returns...
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"Im Rahmen einer mehrdimensionalen Analyse wird der Einfluß von Nationalität, Geschlecht, Ausbildung, Alter und in … Blick verzerren. Es stellt sich heraus, daß von den in die Analyse einbezogenen Merkmalen die Ausbildung den stärksten … Ausbildung erhöht sie um 2,8 Prozentpunkte, insgesamt differenziert diese Variable also die Arbeitslosenquote um 5 …
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"This paper examines the determinants of the choice of field of study by university students using data from the Canadian National Graduate Survey. The sample of 18,708 graduates holding a Bachelor degree is interesting in itself knowing that these students completed their study and thus...
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A growing theoretical literature on the effect of politicians' salaries on the average level of skills of political candidates yields ambiguous predictions. In this paper, we estimate the effect of pay for politicians on the level of education of parliamentary candidates. We take advantage of an...
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