This paper focuses on the structure and extent of wage differences among graduates of different higher-education institutions in Germany. We ask how large these differences are and how they relate to fields of study and regional labour markets. The results from our application of...

Oliver Winkler zeichnet in dieser Studie nach, wie sich die Durchlässigkeit im deutschen Bildungssystem entwickelt hat. Anhand von Daten des Nationalen Bildungspanels untersucht er, wie sich der Einfluss der sozialen Herkunft beim vorzeitigen Abgang vom Gymnasium und beim Nachholen des Abiturs...

We investigate to what extent individual transitions to vocational training in Germany have been affected by local labour-market conditions. A statistical decomposition approach is developed and applied, allowing for a systematic differentiation between long-term change, short-term fluctuations,...