Dem von Presse, Wirtschaft und Politik vorgeworfenen Defizit bundesdeutscher Hochschulen soll mit einem verstärkten Qualitätswettbewerb um den "Kunden" Studenten abgeholfen werden. Student(inn)en müßten dann allerdings bei der Wahl ihrer Hochschule Kriterien in Betracht ziehen, die durch...

The study examines the faculty salary differentials by sex in 13 U.S. business schools by utilizing the salary information from a publicly-accessible database. Through an analysis of variance, with a 2 x 4 x 6 factorial design, the authors investigate the main and interaction effects of gender,...

This is the first paper that studies the causal effect of studying economics on subjective well being. Based on a survey among 918 students of economics and other social sciences, we estimate the effects of studying in the different fields on individual life satisfaction. Controling for personal...