This paper argues that skill formation is a life-cycle process and develops the implications of this insight for Scottish social policy. Families are major producers of skills, and a successful policy needs to promote effective families and to supplement failing ones. We present evidence that...

This paper argues that skill formation is a life-cycle process and develops the implications of this insight for Scottish social policy. Families are major producers of skills, and a successful policy needs to promote effective families and to supplement failing ones. Targeted early...

Methodisch wird bei der Untersuchung über Studiengebühren und ihre sozialen Auswirkungen das Konzept der Rechtsökonomik, eines Forschungszweigs der Institutionenökonomik zugrunde gelegt. Im Grundsatz wird vom methodologischen Individualismus ausgegangen. Das Systemverhalten wird auf die...

We examine the impact of an information intervention offered to 97 randomly chosen high schools in Finland. Graduating students in treatment schools were surveyed and given information on the labor market prospects associated with detailed post-secondary programs. A third of the students report...