Die Lehrerbildung im beruflichen Bereich steht vor großen Herausforderungen. Neben der Bewältigung von strukturellen Reformen (Umstellung von Diplom- bzw. Lehramtsstudiengängen auf die Bachelor- und Masterstruktur) geht es vor allem darum, die Kompetenzentwicklung von angehenden Lehrpersonen...

Sexual activity among adolescents is associated with risks such as pregnancy and STDs, and there is substantial policy interest in how peers influence the timing of sexual initiation. This paper measures separate effects for two social mechanisms--peer-group norms and partner availability--using...

This dissertation includes three separate papers that share an emphasis on the significance of socio-political and historical factors on the quality of demographic data in China and Vietnam. The first two papers investigate the interaction between data collection and family planning policy...

The deteriorating labor market position of young men has arguably played an important role in later and less frequent marriage since the 1970s. This dissertation examines the relationship between men's socioeconomic characteristics and marriage formation and the labor market causes of marriage...

Master of Agribusiness

The United States has aggressively embarked on the challenging task of building a National Information Infrastructure (NII). This infrastructure will have many levels, extending from the building block capital stock that composes the telecommunications system to the multitude of higher tier...

The number of workers currently involved in the various aspects of geothermal development in the Geysers are identified. Using two different development scenarios, projections are made for the number of power plants needed to reach the electrical generation capacity of the steam resource in the...

Geothermal development in The Geysers KGRA has affected local public services and fiscal resources in Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino, and Napa counties. Each of these counties underwent rapid population growth between 1970 and 1980, some of which can be attributed to geothermal development. The number...

Corruption costs the Water, Sanitation and Electricity (WSE) sectors millions of dollars everyyear, siphoning off scarce monetary resources and diminishing a country’s prospects forproviding these crucial utilities for all. This paper examines how corruption manifests itself inthe WSE sectors...