Die seit den 70er Jahren durch das Rahmenrecht des Bundes vorgegebene Klammer für das Laufbahnrecht wurde - anders als im Bildungsbereich - ohne größere Debatten abgeschafft. Dies wird zu einer Zersplitterung und zu größeren Unterschieden in den Berufsbildern des öffentlichen Dienstes...

E(Electronic)-learning becomes more and more important. Reasons are the paramount importance of knowledge, life-time learning, globalization and mobility. Not all providers of e-learning products succeed in closing the gap between production costs and revenues. Especially in the academic sector...

Good teachers are critical for a high-quality educational system. This in turns leads to the question of who is interested in going into the teaching profession. Although research has been done on the professional careers of teachers, the issue of self-selection into teacher education has been...

The international education service sector is undoubtedly growing. The movement of students across nations is expected to grow fourfold in the next quarter of a century. Undaunted by the current domination by English-speaking providers, countries in Asia have taken big steps to be centers of...

Im Mittelpunkt der gegenwärtigen ökonomischen Entwicklung steht verstärkt Wissen als fundamentale Ressource und Triebkraft wirtschaftlichen Wachstums sowie Lernen als der bedeutendste Prozess. Diese Sichtweise wird durch das theoretische Konstrukt der Learning Economy beschrieben. Die...

We use census data on 26 Swiss cantons to determine the association of educational institutions with the intergenerational transmission of education. We test whether education transmission is higher when children enter kindergarten and school earlier and when tracking occurs at a later age. In...

Not only the economy but also higher education has to face competition. In this contribution it will be elaborated to what extent the forms offinancing higher education can contribute to the management of higher education.

Can educational institutions explain occupational choice between wage employment and entrepreneurship? This paper follows Lazear's (2005) Jack-of-all-trades hypothesis according to which an individual with a more balanced set of abilities is more likely to enter into entrepreneurship. In the...

Der Forschungsbericht stellt die Ergebnisse eines Befragungsprojekts zur Umsetzung der geförderten beruflichen Weiterbildung aus Sicht der Mitarbeiter der Arbeitsagenturen (SGB III) und Arbeitsgemeinschaften (SGB II) vor. Das primäre Ziel der Befragung ist es, Erkenntnisse über die Bewertung...