Benjamin W. Arold prepared this study while he was working at the Center for Economics of Education at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in March 2022 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the LMU Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays that...

This paper analyses the determinants of participation in higher education in West Germany. In particular, the role of social origin as well as of expectations regarding the labour market outcome of a higher education degree and of public educational policy are examined. The estimations are based...

This paper analyses the determinants of participation in higher education in West Germany. In particular, the role of social origin as well as of expectations regarding the labour market outcome of a higher education degree and of public educational policy are examined. The estimations are based...

Die Vermittlung von Lerninhalten mittels elektronischer Medien hat unter dem Schlagwort "e-Learning" in den letzten Jahren ein starkes Interesse in Wissenschaft und Praxis erfahren. Ähnlich dem "e-commerce" werden auch dem e-Learning hohe Wachstumspotentiale vorausgesagt. Gerade Innovationen im...