Traditionally, the university is understood to be a custodian/depositary of common values, knowledge and inheritance of human cultures and civilization. In contrast to mere libraries, as well as to the complexity of the Internet, the uniqueness of the university consists of the fact that it...

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...

This study examines the impact of the charging of tuition fees between 2006 and 2014 in several German federal states on the number of first-year student enrollments. Since Germany is known for a tuition-free education policy at public institutions, the fundamental question arises of whether,...

Aus ökonomischer Sicht sollte der Mix staatlich finanzierter Bildungsmaßnahmen neuen Erkenntnissen über deren private und soziale Grenzerträge angepasst werden. Frühe Hilfen sind Unterstützungsangebote für Kinder in sozial benachteiligten Umgebungen, die möglichst früh ansetzen,...

As global migration flows increase, so do the number of migrant students in host country schools. Yet migrants' achievement scores lag well behind those of their nativeborn schoolmates. Performance gaps are explained largely by differences in migrant parents' socio-economic background, cultural...

This paper makes two important contributions. Firstly, it uncovers some of the main economic determinants driving the dynamics of public education spending in Europe. Drawing mainly on the insights provided by Baumol's cost theory, the baseline specification uses unit labour costs and real GDP...

This paper offers an empirical examination of the relationship between government spending’s, income inequality, and economic growth by using the case of 19 Asian countries from 2002 to 2017. For this purpose, the paper uses robust difference-GMM estimation and panel granger causality test. We...

Die betriebliche Personalentwicklung erkennt zunehmend den Qualifizierungsbedarf von Beschäftigten ohne Berufsabschluss: 89 Prozent der Unternehmen, die Geringqualifizierte beschäftigen, haben in den letzten fünf Jahren mindestens eine Weiterbildungsmaßnahme für diese Zielgruppe angeboten....

Purpose: This article studies the effects of public expenditure on economic growth in Latin America countries (LAC), especially the role played by foreign aid and public and private investment Design/methodology/approach Granger causality approach and Fixed effect method. Findings: There is...

I document a strong negative cross-country correlation between intergenerational earnings persistence and measures of tax progressivity and level, and between intergenerational earnings persistence and public expenditure on tertiary education. To explain these correlations, I then develop an...