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 …

creative occupations rather than education. Consistent with Florida’s notion of creativity, it suggests a microfoundation that …

Franziska Bernadette Hampf prepared this study while she was working at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education … of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays investigating various aspects of the link between education …

measured in terms of education, is often regarded as a waste of human capital. Such discussions, however, ignore the imperfect …

education. While men with low skills out-earn their higher-skilled counterparts when they are very young, their earnings are …