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Short-run distributional effects of public education transfers to tertiary education students in seven European countries
Callan, Tim (contributor); Smeeding, Timothy M. (contributor) - 2008
provide comparable results for seven European countries (Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands and the UK …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726795
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Student loan reforms for German higher education : financing tuition fees
Chapman, Bruce James; Sinning, Mathias - 2011
It is generally agreed that the funding base for German universities is inadequate and perhaps the time has come for serious consideration of the imposition of non-trivial tuition charges. Against this background, this paper compares conventional and income contingent loans for financing tuition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009232464
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Economic gains from publicly provided education in Germany
Frick, Joachim R. (contributor);  … - 2007
impact on the income distribution in Germany. Using representative micro-data from the SOEP and considering regional and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003591501
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Sibling rivalry in educational attainment : the German case
Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000
results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336863
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Selective schools
Brunello, Giorgio; Giannini, Massimo - 1999
This paper studies how schooling admission tests affect economic performance in an economy where individuals are endowed with both academic and non academic abilities and both abilities matter for labor productivity. We develop a simple model with selective government held schools, where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316915
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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
, private competition, and tracking have been found to be important sources of international differences in student achievement. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493943
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Product market competition and employer provided training in Germany
Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe; Pfister, Annika - 2017
Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent … of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training … except when the competition is so severe as to threaten liquidation to a firm. We take this as evidence of an inverted U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735905
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Health effects on children's willingness to compete
Bartling, Björn; Fehr, Ernst; Schunk, Daniel - 2011
The formation of human capital is important for a society's welfare and economic success. Recent literature shows that child health can provide an important explanation for disparities in children's human capital development across different socio-economic groups. While this literature focuses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307391
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Pacts for employment and competitiveness as a role model? : their effects on firm performance
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Evers, Katalin; … - 2015
collective bargaining in Germany, a phenomenon that has been hailed as key to that nation's economic resurgence. Yet little is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333569
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Firm dynamics and residual inequality in open economies
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Impullitti, Giammario; Prat, Julien - 2014
, inequality is highly responsive to the increase in product market competition triggered by domestic regulatory reform. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246655