Single Motherhood and (Un)Equal EducationalOpportunities: Evidence for Germany
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- Mahler, Philippe & Winkelmann, Rainer, 2004. "Single Motherhood and (Un)Equal Educational Opportunities: Evidence for Germany," IZA Discussion Papers 1391, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
school choice; educational attainment; binary response model; German Socio-Economic Panel;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2006-02-12 (Education)
- NEP-EEC-2006-02-12 (European Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2006-02-12 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-URE-2006-02-12 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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