In this paper we look at school choice in primary schools in Germany. The data used is from Wuppertal, a major city in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW), where school districts were abolished in 2008 to allow for free school choice. Here we look at the situation before 2008 to learn more about choice...

Aufgrund einer Schulgesetzänderung wurden in NRW für das Schuljahr 2008/2009 die Grundschuleinzugsbezirke aufgehoben. Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach, welchen Einfluss Merkmale der Wohnumgebung auf das Schulwahlverhalten von Eltern mit unterschiedlichen ökonomischen und kulturellen Ressourcen...

In 2008, school districts were abolished in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federal state. Critics have argued that free school choice will lead to increased segregation and educational disparities. The data used is from Wuppertal, a major city in NRW. Since the Turkish...

In this paper we look at school choice in primary schools in Germany. The data used is from Wuppertal, a major city in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW), where school districts were abolished in 2008 to allow for free school choice. Here we look at the situation before 2008 to learn more about choice...

In 2008, school districts were abolished in North Rhine-Westphalia. The paper focuses on the question whether neighborhood characteristics have an influence on the school choice behavior of parents with different socioeconomic and cultural resources. The analysis is based on data of a telephone...

In 2008, school districts were abolished in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federal state. Critics have argued that free school choice will lead to increased segregation and educational disparities. The data used is from Wuppertal, a major city in NRW. Since the Turkish...

In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, welche Veränderungen in der ethnischen und sozialen Zusammensetzung der Bevölkerung im Schul- und Vorschulalter festzustellen sind und welche Konsequenzen sich hieraus für die Bildungsbeteiligung und damit für die Entwicklung des Bildungsstandes in der...

In this paper, we examine current changes in the ethnic and social composition of the preschool and school aged population as well as the consequences these changes may have for educational participation and thus for overall educational attainment in the near future. Based on the micro-census...

This paper adds to the literature on extracurricular early childhood education and child development by exploiting unique data on an educational project in Germany, the Junior University (JU). Utilizing a quasi-experimental study design, we estimate the causal short-term effect of JU enrollment...

Der vorliegende Beitrag widmet sich der Frage, ob die begünstigte Besteuerung nicht ent-nommener Gewinne gem. § 34a EStG dazu geeignet ist, Personenunternehmen steuerlich ver-gleichbar zu belasten wie Kapitalgesellschaften. Durch die Einführung des virtuellen Tren-nungsprinzips wird den...