cycle analysis and demography. The first essay presents insights on U.S. business cycle volatility since 1867 derived from a …

changes. By comparing the scenarios the role of demography in the range of energy demand is quantified. …

The study focuses on quantitative aspects of (fiscal) spillovers in education, particularly with regard to Grammar … of federal states. Education both in Bavaria and in Germany is financed at different political levels ("hybrid financing … government level. This leads to a number of consequences having to do with the ideal and equitable allocation of education. As …

, prevailing student-teacher ratios, immunization variables, the infant mortality rate, public expenditure on education as a … percentage of GDP, public expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure, female labor force …

is high, and the education does not respond sufficiently to labor market requirements, nor engender self …-employment opportunities. Inadequate agricultural production, nutrition, health care, poor female education, and excessive population growth …Population growth was associated with reduced investment in higher education, resulting in indeterminacy of its …

government services as well as data from the 2002 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS … occurring is severely limited by continuing deficits in the crucial area of education together with sustained high interaction …

The importance of services procurement increases constantly. However, empirical studies identify deficits in realising … the tremendous opportunities of strategic procurement of services in day-to-day business – caused by the difference of … services compared to goods resulting in a higher degree of complexity and uncertainty.Using neo-institutional approaches, the …

Customer-oriented service provision as in customer solutions or services results in new requirements for the …-oriented services in comparison to other services and their impact on organisational activities. To this end, the thesis examines the …

economics of education andorganizational economics. The dissertation covers papers which link thesetwo research areas. The … lowability students into higher education, universities increase requirementsto deter undesired students. In a duopoly with ….Chapter four discusses the impact of ability grouping in secondary educationon student incentives. Education provides a signal on …