We provide the first joint evidence on the relationship between individuals' cognitive
abilities, their personality and earnings for Germany. Using data from the German Socio …

We advocate the decomposition of goodness of fit into contributions of (groups of) regressor
variables according to the Shapley value or—if regressors are exogenously grouped—the …

Complementing prior research on income and educational mobility, we examine the
intergenerational transmission of cognitive abilities. We find that individuals' cognitive skills …

This study examines cognitive and non-cognitive skills and their transmission from parents
to children as one potential candidate to explain the intergenerational link of socio-economic …

Estimates of how health affects employment vary considerably. We assess how different
methods and health measures impact estimates of the impact of health on employment …

Although the positive impact of higher education on regional economies is widely
recognized, empirical assessment of the magnitude of its periodic financial impact remains a …

Estimates of effect of health on employment differ from study to study due to differences in
methods, data, institutional background and health measure. We assess the importance of …

This paper studies the evolution of three higher education wage differentials from 1996 to
2019 in Germany. We distinguish between degrees from academic universities, degrees …

This study estimates the lifetime effects of lost classroom instruction on labor market
performance. For identification, I use historical shifts in the school year schedule in …

This article uses the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to
consider the soundness of recent reforms to raise the age of retirement. Findings indicate …