Evidence-based education policy needs comprehensive data. Education economists of the Verein für Socialpolitik call for … the implementation of a longitudinal education register in Germany to understand the complex interrelationships of … education systems. The education register should cover all levels of formal education and include data on student performance in …

This volume was prepared by Benedikt Siegler while working at the Center for the Economics of Education of the Ifo … Munich (LMU) in November 2014. The thesis includes three empirical studies, each of which evaluates one distinct education …), opening of new universities in regions without local tertiary education supply to raise tertiary education attainment by the …

effect of a policy reform. Chapters 2 to 4 provide a contribution to the literature on economics of education and investigate …

The objective of this study is to examine the conditions of higher education and the reform of doctoral graduation in … of the higher education and research institutions. State control leaves little room for academic selfrule or self …-responsible university education. The teaching obligations of university staff fill the entire working day. This situation makes it almost …

In the course of the Bologna Process, European higher education systems have experienced major reforms. In Germany as … called ‘social dimension’, meaning that participation in higher education should be widened by fostering the potential of …

question, further action is necessary. The IZA concept includes the following elements: (1) Education reform: Early childhood … education must be improved. Social background should no longer determine future career prospects. More independence and … competition between schools and universities would improve the quality of education. Selection of students into different …

training. The theoretical intuition on the impact of wage floors on education is ambiguous. On the one hand, they raise the … opportunity cost of education and prevent further skill accumulation. On the other hand, they lower the employment probability of … workers declines which lowers the opportunity cost of education. High requirements with regard to professional skills …