出版社：Institut für Ökonomische Bildung Münster, Westfalen
摘要：Investment in human capital is a crucial factor of economic growth for Germany as a highly developed high income country. Compared to other industrialized countries the proportion of the population with a tertiary educational attainment is low. Due to skill biased technical change and Globalization relative demand for highly qualified workers rises. Thus the integration of low qualified workers becomes more and more difficult. A high formal educational attainment of future generations is important for sustained economic growth in Germany. Using a Random-Effects Panel Probit Model we analyze determinants of successful high school graduation in Germany. As our main data set we use the SOEP youth biography data for the period ranging from 2000 until 2007. In our empirical model we include rich information of characteristics of the adolescents, their parents and grandparents. We find markedly different results for males and females. Especially the influence of parents and grandparents on female adolescents is higher relative to male adolescents
