The starting point of this paper is a widely shared fundamental preference according to which Hungary should follow a fast, sustainable development path and catch up with the developed world in the foreseeable future. Questions raised in this paper are related to the instrumental preferences....

Nach langen Jahren der Abstinenz in der Politikberatung ist seit einiger Zeit ein deutlicher Wiederanstieg des 'politischen Kurswertes' der Bildungsökonomie zu verzeichnen. Unübersehbar ist die Tendenz, ihr eine wichtigere Politik unterstützende Rolle zuzuweisen. Die verschärften...

Facing substantial financial pressure, many districts close schools in order to preserve solvency and improve student outcomes. Using a new longitudinal data set on all non-Cook County Illinois schools, we examine the determinants of high school closure decisions from 1991 through 2005. Our...

There is a well established socioeconomic gradient in educational attainment, despite much effort in recent decades to address this inequality. This study evaluates a university access program that provides financial, academic and social support to low socioeconomic status (SES) students using a...