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...

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...

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...