Der Außenhandel zwischen der bestehenden "EU der 15" und den Beitrittskandidaten Mittel- und Osteuropas hat sich in den vergangenen 10 Jahren stürmisch ausgeweitet. Ausgehend von der traditionellen "klassischen" Handelstheorie und den Thesen der "Neuen Ökonomischen Geographie" werden die...

The paper investigates the effect of teacher characteristics (experience, level of education attainment and credentials, gender) on the achievement of eighth grade students using matched student-teacher data from the 1999, 2003 and 2007 TIMSS surveys. The analysis covers European countries, thus...

Measuring non-cognitive skills in evaluations of education policy interventions is an increasingly important task. At the same time, choosing the adequate measures is difficult. Contrary to cognitive development, there is a shortage of reliable and valid measures of personality and behavioral...

The paper investigates the effect of teacher characteristics (experience, level of education attainment and credentials, gender) on the achievement of eighth grade students using matched student-teacher data from the 1999, 2003 and 2007 TIMSS surveys. The analysis covers European countries, thus...