Fueled by new evidence, there has been renewed interest about the effects of birth order on human capital accumulation. The underlying causal mechanisms for such effects remain unsettled. We consider a model in which parents impose more stringent disciplinary environments in response to their...

Random effects estimates using panel data for 42 colleges and universities over 16 years reveal that the economics faculty size of universities offering a Ph.D. in economics is determined primarily by the long-run average number of Ph.D. degrees awarded annually; the number of full-time faculty...

A substantial body of research suggests that economists are less generous than other professionals and that economics students are less generous than other students. We address this question using administrative data on donations to social programs by students at the University of Washington....

The paper describes the exchange program in between the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee and the University of Potsdam in the field of economics. It discusses in detail the development of the program, including the problems and challenges. Additionally a brief description of the curriculum is...

Recent articles have rekindled discussions around the direction and relevance of US business schools. The two main viewpoints are distinct but equally critical. On one hand, business schools are considered overly focused on scientific research and having lost their connection to real world and...

Inhalt: 1 Computerspiele sind enorm verbreitet. 2 Kompetenzentwicklung von Jugendlichen und Computerspiele - eine (immer noch) große Unbekannte? 3 Computerspiele als wichtige Ressource im Prozess der Bildungs- und Berufsberatung. 4 Literatur.

Oberösterreich hat im Vergleich zu Gesamt-Österreich (und innerhalb der EU) relativ günstige Werte betreffend die Integration der Jugendlichen in das Ausbildungssystem (sowie in den Arbeitsmarkt). Ausbildungsabbrüche bzw. Ausbildungswechsel - insbesondere jene am Ende der 9. Schulstufe -...

In the information age an exchange with the media is part of the duties the economics profession has to deliver to educate the public and to ensure its position in society. A key issue is the education of policymakers through the media. It is the silver bullet of policy advice in comparison to...

This paper investigates how families make decisions about the education of juveniles. The decision problem is analyzed in three variations: a 'decentralized' scheme, in which the parents control the purse-strings, but the children dispose of their time as they see fit; a 'hierarchical' scheme,...

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird anhand von drei Biographien über J. A. Comenius dessen Leben skizziert und das Denken dieses vielseitig begabten Mannes bebeschrieben. Hierbei soll deutlich werden, dass Leben und Werk des Comenius stark miteinander verflochten sind. Die Zugänge der Autoren...