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Time is money: The influence of parenthood timing on wages
Kind, Michael; Kleibrink, Jan - 2012
and fertility timing. We find that delaying parenthood by one additional year during the career implies a wage premium of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287230
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The effect of education on fertility: Evidence from a compulsory schooling reform
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Maeder, Miriam - 2012
This paper investigates the effect of education on fertility under inflexible labor market conditions. We exploit … complementary data sets, we examine different fertility outcomes over the life cycle. In contrast to evidence for other developed … countries, we find that increased education causally reduces completed fertility. This negative effect operates through a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290958
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Time Is Money: The Influence of Parenthood Timing on Wages
Kind, Michael; Kleibrink, Jan - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
and fertility timing. We find that delaying parenthood by one additional year during the career implies a wage premium of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818240
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The Effect of Education on Fertility: Evidence from a Compulsory Schooling Reform
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Maeder, Miriam - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
This paper investigates the effect of education on fertility under inflexible labor market conditions. We exploit … complementary data sets, we examine different fertility outcomes over the life cycle. In contrast to evidence for other developed … countries, we find that increased education causally reduces completed fertility. This negative effect operates through a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818241
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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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Are Education and Entrepreneurial Income Endogenous and Do Family Background Variables Make Sense as Instruments? A Bayesian Analysis
Block, Jörn H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart F.; Thurik, A. Roy - 2010
Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600971
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Post-Socialist Culture and Entrepreneurship
Runst, Petrik - 2011
In this paper it is argued that locus of control beliefs and preferences concerning state action negatively affect the formation of new firms in former socialist countries. For this purpose Kirzner's theory of costless entrepreneurship is reviewed and criticized. German reunification, in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601015
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Post-Socialist Culture and Entrepreneurship
Runst, Petrik - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
In this paper it is argued that locus of control beliefs and preferences concerning state action negatively affect the formation of new firms in former socialist countries. For this purpose Kirzner's theory of costless entrepreneurship is reviewed and criticized. German reunification, in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021620
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Number of siblings and educational choices of immigrant children: Evidence from first- and second-generation siblings
Meurs, Dominique; Puhani, Patrick A.; von Haaren, Friederike - 2015
education track attendance from the first to the second generation of immigrants. Second, we find that reduced fertility is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011341075
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The causal effect of paternal unemployment on children's personality
Angelini, Viola; Bertoni, Marco; Corazzini, Luca - 2015
Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we show that paternal unemployment has a surprisingly positive causal effect on the "Big 5" personality traits of children aged 17 to 25. In particular, our results from longitudinal value-added models for personality suggest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379819