In this paper, we employ a public choice perspective to analyze the development of policies for renewable energy sources (RES) in the EU in general and in Germany more specifically. In doing so, we explain the main characteristics of current RES policies in the EU by reference to the...

This volume was prepared by Benedikt Siegler while working at the Center for the Economics of Education of the Ifo Institute. It was completed in June 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich (LMU) in November 2014. The thesis includes...

Der Betreuungsausbau schreitet derzeit kaum noch voran. So lag die Zahl der institutionell betreuten Kinder im Alter von unter drei Jahren im Jahr 2024 mit 848.000 sogar niedriger als im Vorjahr mit 857.000. Allerdings ist ihr Anteil an allen Kindern in der Altersgruppe von 36,4 Prozent auf 37,4...