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Soziale Gerechtigkeit zählt zu den zentralen Themen, denen sich Sozialwissenschaftler und politische Entscheidungsträger widmen. Anhand des Indikators für soziale Gerechtigkeit, den die Bertelsmann Stiftung für 31 OECD-Länder abbildet, untersucht eine neue Studie den Zusammenhang zwischen...
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Sowohl in Sachsen als auch in Thüringen sind neue Regierungen ins Amt gekommen. Der Beitrag dokumentiert die in den Koalitionsverträgen formulierten Hauptvorhaben und deren zu erwartende Kosten und diskutiert, inwieweit sich Politikwechsel vollzogen haben.
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In January 2005, the German Supreme Court permitted the state governments to charge tuition fees. By exploiting the natural experiment, we examine how government ideology influenced tuition fee policy. The results show that right-wing governments were active in introducing tuition fees. By...
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Im Januar 2005 hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht den Bundesländern freigestellt, Studiengebühren zu erheben. Den Landesregierungen wurde somit ein bislang nicht verfügbares bildungspolitisches Instrument an die Hand gegeben. Im Rahmen eines solchen natürlichen Experiments lässt sich die in...
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In January 2005 the German Supreme Court permitted the state governments to chargetuition fees. By exploiting the natural experiment, we examine how government ideologyinfluenced the introduction of tuition fees. The results show that rightwing governmentswere active in introducing tuition fees....
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Deutschland wurde bereits zweimal, 1966–1969 und 2005–2009, von einer großen Koalition regiert. Deskriptive Zeitreihenanalysen wirtschaftspolitischer Kennzahlen zeigen nicht auf, dass es unter diesen großen Koalitionen signifikante Kurswechsel in der Wirtschaftspolitik gab. Qualitative...
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We investigate a case of political favoritism. Some members of the Bavarian parliament hired relatives as office employees who were paid using taxpayers’ money. We examine whether being involved in the scandal influenced re-election prospects and voter turnout. The results do not show that...
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We examine moonlighting by politicians in Germany. In July 2007, the German Supreme Court adjudicated that members of parliament (MPs) have to publish details of their outside earnings. Using panel data models, we investigate how outside earnings are correlated with absence and parliamentary...
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In January 2005, the German Supreme Court permitted the state governments to charge tuition fees. By exploiting the natural experiment, we examine how government ideology influenced tuition fee policy. The results show that right-wing governments were active in introducing tuition fees. By...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019381
We examine whether government ideology was correlated with the growth in military expenditure in Germany over the period 1951-2011. By using various measures of government ideology, the results do not show any effect. The exception is an ideology measure based on the Comparative Manifesto...
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