It is still widely debated how non-cognitive skills can be affected by policy intervention. For example, universal music education programs are becoming increasingly popular among policy makers in Germany and other developed countries. These are intended to give children from poor families the...

Die Dissertation untersucht in Form einer Einzelfallstudie den Wandel des Hochschulbereichs, wobei Hochschulrankings als exemplarisches Untersuchungsobjekt dieses Wandels dienen. Hochschulpolitische Reformen haben den Hochschulbereich Europas in den letzten zwanzig Jahren stark geprägt und...

We examine the consequences of compressing secondary schooling on students' university enrollment. An unusual education reform in Germany reduced the length of academic high school while simultaneously increasing the instruction hours in the remaining years. Accordingly, students receive the...