In research into higher education, the evaluation of completion and dropout rates has generated a steady stream of interest for decades. While most studies only calculate quotes using student and graduate numbers for both phenomena, we propose to also consider the budget available to...

An ongoing debate in the literature on efficiency of higher education institutions concerns the indicator for research output in the empirical analysis. While several studies chose to use the number of publications, others rely on the overall amount of research grants. The present study...

This study uses scenario calculations to estimate the economic costs of the partial closure of the economy due to the coronavirus epidemic. With a shutdown duration of two months, the costs reach between EUR 255 billion and EUR 495 billion, depending on the scenario, and reduce the annual growth...

Der ifo Geschäftsklimaindex ist im Januar gestiegen. Dies war auf eine deutlich bessere Einschätzung der aktuellen Situation zurückzuführen. Der Lageindex stieg auf ein neues Rekordhoch. Die Erwartungen für die nächsten sechs Monate wurden hingegen etwas zurückgenommen, bleiben aber auf...