Kan det betale sig at tage samme uddannelse som ens forældre? Ja, viser nyt studie fra @birkelund_jf. Især jurister, læger og ingeniører, der går i forældrenes fodspor, tjener mere end deres kolleger. Men hvad skyldes det? 👉🏼 https://t.co/KkCEfwfa6L

College graduates in the same field as their parents tend to earn 2% more than siblings with different degrees, especially in law, medicine, and engineering. Read new article by @birkelund_jf. #EarlyView in the #BJS ➡️ https://t.co/1ddwtpszUn

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I find that children educated in same field as parents earn more than their siblings in different fields. Earnings returns highest for law (9%), medicine (6%), and engineering (4%). No direct evidence of nepotism – not mediated by employment in parents’ firms or network. [2/2]

🚨 New preprint out! 🚨 Are there economic returns to being educated in the same field of study as your parents? Find out here: https://t.co/MtqO9VHrwK [1/2]

Join our CLIC seminar tomorrow! @birkelund_jf will present on the economic returns to the intergenerational reproduction of fields of study. 📅16/03, 13.30-15.00 🗺️Sala del Capitolo and on Zoom Write us at clic@eui.eu for the Zoom link and for joining our mailing list ☀️

Oh wow! I did it. I actually won something. What an absolute honor to receive the ECSR award for best PhD thesis. Thank you to the selection committee for bestowing it on me and to @kbkarlson for just excellent supervision!

This is a must read paper. Standard citation for anyone studying the rise of the Swedish or Scandinavian wage-bargaining systems.

📢Brand new @ESR_news paper! @birkelund_jf and @kbkarlson examine the direct effect of social origins on labor market attainment in Denmark based on sibling correlations and extremely detailed education measures! ⬇ Find out more at: https://t.co/FtQa7w0IAY

Vigtig undersøgelse, som stemmer rigtig godt overens med det tidligere fund, at unges skoletilfredshed stiger markant i overgangen fra 9. klasse for dem, der starter på en erhvervsuddannelse, mens der ingen udvikling er for dem, der starter i gymnasiet https://t.co/SAXLnafO8e

Evidence from Denmark suggests that, whilst older children were kept at home, the younger benefited from increased resources. 4/5 @birkelund_jf @kbkarlson https://t.co/OgDEAeIrTz

We're likely to see a partial return to remote learning after the winter break. Here are two things I wish policy makers talked more about. 1/5

More news (English): https://t.co/ObjR3oDoD5

News article (in Danish): https://t.co/FkPhSae6jT [9/9]

In conclusion, Denmark likely presents a best-case scenario for limiting the negative impact of school closures on students’ learning. However, we await long-term findings from other countries – learning trajectories may generally recover once the initial shock wears off. [8/9]

Third, schools became better at organizing distance teaching and introducing measures targeting disadvantaged pupils, e.g. study cafés. This is supported by our finding that the learning loss among older pupils were in place already in 2020 and did not increase in 2021. [7/9]

Second, pupils in the lower grades may also have benefited from more space, smaller study groups and additional teacher resources when the older pupils worked from home. [6/9]

What explains these surprising findings? First, school closures were significantly longer among older (22 weeks) than younger pupils (8 weeks). [5/9]

Learning gaps by family background (parental education, employment, or income) generally did not increase – only slightly for 8th graders. We also find slight indications that boys and low-performing pupils suffered more from school closures than their classmates. [4/9]

We find that 8th graders experienced a moderate 3 percentile loss in reading performance, while 2nd and 4th graders experienced a learning gain of about 5 percentile points. This pattern holds even when we factor in that tests were postponed by four weeks in 2021. [3/9]