This study was prepared by Nadine Fabritz while she was working at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in the Department for Human Capital and Innovation. It was completed in June 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in October...

Im vorliegenden Bericht werden die Ergebnisse des Teilprojektes "Lokale Strategien für die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung" des europäischen Forschungsprojekts TRUSTEE ("Towards RUral Synergies and Trade-offs between Economic development and Ecosystem services') beschrieben. Vor dem Hintergrund...

Mit dem Wandel der Produktionsstrukturen nimmt der Dienstleistungsanteil der Produktion zu und führt zu einer Vermehrung von Überwachungs-, Kontroll-, Regelungs-, und Büroarbeit. Das Sehen in der Arbeit bekommt ein höheres Interesse. Diese Untersuchung beschäftigt sich mit dem der...

Going to university is a very good investment for most students. Over their working lives, men will be £130,000 better off on average by going to university after taxes, student loan repayments and foregone earnings are taken into account. For women, this figure is £100,000. (These and other...

We investigate differences in the returns to undergraduate degrees by socio-economic background and ethnicity using the Department for Education's Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data set. The LEO data set links school records, university records and tax records for everyone who took GCSEs...