Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 862
Cover Image
Die soziale Sicherung von (a-)typisch Beschäftigten im europäischen Vergleich
Schulze Buschoff, Karin; Protsch, Paula - 2007
in sechs Ländern dargestellt (Deutschland, das Vereinigte Königreich, die Niederlande, Italien, Dänemark und Polen). Es …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304023
Cover Image
Neue Selbstständigkeit und wachsender Grenzbereich zwischen selbstständiger und abhängiger Erwerbsarbeit: Europäische Trends vor dem Hintergrund sozialpolitischer und arbeitsrechtl...
Schulze Buschoff, Karin - 2004
Erwerbstätigkeit ist historisch gewachsen. In Bezug auf das Arbeitsrecht zeigen sich deutliche Übereinstimmungen in den betrachteten … Ländern Deutschland, Großbritannien, Niederlande, Italien und Schweden: Arbeitsrechtliche Bestimmungen beziehen sich bislang … eher Markt- als soziale Schutzrechte regelt. Während diese grundlegende Übereinstimmung im Arbeitsrecht augenfällig ist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304033
Cover Image
Educational reform, ability and family background
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten - 2004
In this paper we evaluate the impact of a major school reform, that took place in the 1950s in Sweden, on educational attainment and earnings. The reform, which has many common elements with reforms in other European countries including the UK, consisted of increasing compulsor schooling,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293084
Cover Image
Neighborhood Influence and Political Change: Evidence from US School Districts
Rincke, Johannes - 2005
This paper investigates how local jurisdictions in a federal system influence each other in the adoption of policy innovations. We look at school districts in Michigan and their participation in a public school choice program launched in 1996. Districts' participation decisions are modelled as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297425
Cover Image
Effects of decentralization on school resources: Sweden 1989-2002
Mörk, Eva; Ahlin, Åsa - 2007
Sweden has undertaken major national reforms of its school sector which, consequently, has been classified as one of the most decentralized ones in the OECD. This paper investigates whether school resources became more unequally distributed across municipalities in connection with the reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321517
Cover Image
Intergenerational Schooling Mobility and Macro Conditions and Schooling Policies in Latin America
Birdsall, Nancy; Behrman, Jere R.; Székely, Miguel - 1998
The effects of market and policy reforms on poverty and inequality in Latin America have been of considerable concern. The region continues to have relatively great income inequalities. Two different societies with the same income distribution may have different levels of social welfare because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326954
Cover Image
The effect of education policy on crime: An intergenerational perspective
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Schnabel, Marieke - 2011
The Swedish comprehensive school reform implied an extension of the number of years of compulsory school from 7 or 8 to 9 for the entire nation and was implemented as a social experiment by municipality between 1949 and 1962. A previous study (Meghir and Palme, 2005) has shown that this reform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331049
Cover Image
The impact of school lunches on primary school enrollment: Evidence from India's midday meal scheme
Jayaraman, Rajshri; Simroth, Dora - 2011
At the end of 2001, the Indian Supreme Court issued a directive ordering states to institute school lunches - known locally as "midday meals" - in government primary schools. This paper provides a large-scale assessment of the enrollment effects of India's midday meal scheme, which offers warm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352088
Cover Image
Schulabgänger ohne Abschluss: Wodurch lassen sich die Unterschiede zwischen Ost und Westdeutschland erklären?
Heisig, Katharina; Sonnenburg, Julia - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 24 (2017) 06, pp. 7-13
demnach weiterhin eine zentrale Herausforderung für die Schulpolitik. Für den oftmals unterstellten Einfluss der hohen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011886064
Cover Image
Educational Production in East Asia : The Impact of Family Background and Schooling
Woessmann, Ludger - 2003
East Asian students regularly take top positions in international league tables of educational performance. Using internationally comparable student-level data, I estimate how family background and schooling policies affect student performance in five high-performing East Asian economies. Family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261886