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...

We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors should indicate declining relative schooling...

Die Griechenland-Krise gibt Anlass, den grundsätzlichen Zusammenhang zwischen Staatsschulden, Zinsen und Wachstum zu untersuchen. Anhand dieser Schuldenmechanik wird deutlich, dass ein hohes nominales Wachstum bei niedrigen Zinsen die sogenannten PIGS-Länder zu Beginn der Währungsunion in...