Das Vorhaben der EU-Kommission, die Zugangsreglementierungen zu den Berufen innerhalb der Europäischen Staaten weiter aufzulösen, kann das deutsche Handwerk arg treffen. Denn 41 der 92 Gewerbezweige, die im "Gesetz zur Ordnung des Handwerks", kurz Handwerksordnung (HwO), aufgeführt sind,...

Despite numerous studies on skill development, we know little about the causal effects of music training on cognitive and non-cognitive skills. This study examines how long-term music training during childhood and youth affects the development of cognitive skills, school grades, personality,...

It is still widely debated how non-cognitive skills can be affected by policy intervention. For example, universal music education programs are becoming increasingly popular among policy makers in Germany and other developed countries. These are intended to give children from poor families the...

Despite numerous studies on skill development, we know little about the causal effects of music training on cognitive and non-cognitive skills. This study examines how long-term music training during childhood and youth affects the development of cognitive skills, school grades, personality,...

Germany's more compressed wage structure is taken by many analysts as the main cause of the German-US difference in job creation. We find that the US has a more dispersed level of skills than Germany but even adjusted for skills, Germany has a more compressed wage distribution than the US. The...