This paper tests predictions of a structural, augmented supply-of-offenders model regarding the relative effects of police, public prosecution and courts, respectively, on crime. Using detailed data on the different stages of the criminal prosecution process in Germany, empirical evidence...

This paper tests predictions of a structural, augmented supply-of-offenders model regarding the relative effects of police, public prosecution and courts, respectively, on crime. Using detailed data on the different stages of the criminal prosecution process in Germany, empirical evidence...

The disproportionate impact of children on women's earnings constitutes the primary factor contributing to persistent gender inequality in many countries. This paper examines the multigenerational impact of children and whether the public provision of formal childcare lessens the earnings and...

Using German administrative data from the 1960s onward, this paper (i) examines the long-term evolution of child-related gender inequality in earnings and (ii) assesses the impact of family policies on this inequality. We present three sets of findings. First, child penalties (i.e., the...

Ausgangspunkt für Überlegungen zur Einführung der Prozesskostenrechnung als eines Bestandteils des Qualitätsmanagements in der öffentlichen Verwaltung ist die Frage, wie die Verwaltung bei wachsenden Aufgabenanforderungen aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft eine noch effektivere...

Nicht nur die direkte finanzielle Unterstützung von Studierenden, sondern auch Realtransfers wie der Zugang zu verbilligtem Wohnen und Verpflegung in Mensen haben umverteilende Wirkung. Bekannt ist, dass Kinder aus bildungsfernen Elternhäusern an den Hochschulen stark unterrepräsentiert sind....

We analyse preferences for public, private or mixed provision of childcare theoretically and empirically. We model childcare as a publicly provided private good. Richer households should prefer private provision to either pure public or mixed provision. If public provision redistributes from...

The question non longer is if more competition should be introduced in the German water and sewerage sector. The issue rather is what kind of competition ought to be implemented. There are mainly three different approaches: Competition in the Market; Competition for the Market and the...

In this paper, we use data from the German PISA 2003 sample to study the effects of central exit examinations on student performance, student attitudes, and teacher behavior. Unlike earlier studies we use (i) a value-added measure to pin down the effect of central exit exams on learning in the...