All western countries are faced with the problem of a low birth rate and an increasingly aging population. The burden of old age requires accelerated productivity growth. Productivity growth is declining, however. In Germany, it has come to a standstill. At the same time, there is an increasing...

Öffentliche Studienfinanzierung kann entweder nach dem Fürsorge- oder dem Versorgungsprinzip gestaltet werden. In einem empirischen Vergleich werden zwei Gruppen von europäischen Ländern gegenübergestellt, die jeweils einem dieser Prinzipien folgen. Es zeigt sich, dass Länder, die das...

Universities play a crucial role in new knowledge production that is considered as key driver of economic growth. Hence, the support of university research is essential, usually provided by the public sector. This article presents an evaluation of small grants of universities through examining...

Hundreds of millions of children are losing learning opportunities, resulting in potentially large losses in their lifetime education, health, income, and productivity. Losses in long-term earnings from preprimary program closures due to COVID-19 can be unprecedented. Acute effects are plausible...

Using several data sources from Chile, we study the impact of the size of the school choice set at the time of starting primary school. With that purpose, we exploit multiple cutoffs defining the minimum age at entry, which not only define when a student can start elementary school, but also the...

Die Digitalisierung und der demografische Wandel stellen Unternehmen immer wieder vor neue Herausforderungen. Der daraus resultierende Veränderungsdruck spiegelt sich auch in den wachsenden Anforderungen an geringqualifizierte Beschäftigte wider. Aus der aktuellen IW-Unternehmensbefragung, die...

The ifo Education Survey is a representative opinion survey of the German voting-age population on education topics that has been conducted annually since 2014. It covers public preferences on a wide range of education policy issues ranging from early childhood education, schools, and...

The deteriorating competencies of pupils in recent years and the increasing inequality of educational opportunities threaten to re-duce the supply of skilled labour and innovative strength in Germany. The diminishing educational opportunities begin with the fact that parents from educationally...

In a college admission mechanism, students are often matched with colleges by using a noisy signal of their true abilities (e.g., their exam scores). The matching outcome thus may be imperfect in terms of ex-ante fairness, which suggests matching students with higher ability to better colleges....