pgen/pgbilzeit

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-1	[-1] No answer	[-1] No answer
-2	[-2] Does not apply	[-2] Does not apply
-7	[-7] Only available in less restricted edition	[-7] Only available in less restricted edition

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pgbilzeit

amount of education or training in years

: Amount Of Education Or Training In Years

: Dauer der Ausbildung, in Jahren

pgen – Generated Individual Data

: multiple

Codebook (PDF)

: SOEP-Core

The following statements describe the standard computation for schooling. The school years and the additional vocational training are added together.

As can be seen, the assignment table are not very differentiated. For example, special schools for health care professions and other kinds of specialized schools are all included in the “technical school” label. However, in Germany, this assignment is the most commonly used one when earnings functions based on human capital theory are estimated.

schooling	years
no degree	7
lower school degree	9
intermediary school	10
degree for a professional college	12
high school degree	13
other	10

additional occupational training (includes universities)	years
apprenticeship	1.5
technical schools (incl. health)	2
civil servants apprenticeship	1.5
higher technical college	3
university degree	5

The following statements describe the standard computation for schooling. The school years and the additional vocational training are added together.

schooling	years
no degree	7
lower school degree	9
intermediary school	10
degree for a professional college	12
high school degree	13
other	10

additional occupational training (includes universities)	years
apprenticeship	1.5
technical schools (incl. health)	2
civil servants apprenticeship	1.5
higher technical college	3
university degree	5

Measure	Value
Min.	7.0
1st Qu.	10.5
Median	11.5
Mean	11.8126802444458
3rd Qu.	13.0
Max.	18.0
valid	729469
invalid	41741

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