Support of training has been one of the most important instruments of active labor market policy in East Germany. This paper attempts an evaluation of the effects of training on future employment and future wages of trainees. The analysis distinguishes between measures within and outside of the...

Support of training has been one of the most important instruments of active labor market policy in East Germany. This paper attempts an evaluation of the effects of training on future employment and future wages of trainees. The analysis distinguishes between measures within and outside of the...

Based on local policy variation, this paper estimates the causal effect of additional career assistance on educational outcomes for students in Lower Track Secondary Schools in Germany. We find mostly insignificant effects of the treatment on average outcomes, which mask quite heterogeneous...

Das Projekt erarbeitete eine Bestandsaufnahme und kritische Diskussion gängiger Bildungsindikatoren im internationalen Vergleich aus interdisziplinärer und bildungsökonomischer Sicht. Im Fokus standen OECD-Indikatoren zu Bildungsabschlüssen, zu Schüler- und Erwachsenenkompetenzen (PISA,...