There is surprisingly little macroeconomic empirical research which would support a presumed link between education and development. I identify three major reasons why it remains difficult to estimate the economic relevance of education as a determinant of growth and development. First, most...

The similarities and differences between the transition experiences of the Central European countries and the People's Republic of China are often, wrongly, taken as alternative approaches to the same problem. In reality, there is great complexity, not only in the environments of these two great...

In den 70er Jahren begannen in China grundsätzliche Reformen, die 1992/93 deutlich an Bedeutung gewannen und nunmehr das Ziel verfolgen, eine sozialistische Marktwirtschaft ins Leben zu rufen. Vietnam und die Mongolei haben ebenfalls Programme gestartet, um das Marktelement in ihren...