the impact of three educational institutions on student achievement. Chapter 5 evaluates the success of the Federal … homelands in the aftermath of World War II. The econometric analyses are based on different micro data sets and employ micro …

educational opportunities and on the level of student performance achieved in education systems. The study applies different waves … of the international student achievement tests TIMSS and PISA in a cross-country analysis approach. Following an … introductory chapter, the datasets are introduced and the aspects of the estimation method discussed. Chapter 3 analyses the impact …

local population (Chapter 3), and the introduction of the Bachelor degree programs at German universities to foster student …

. Chapters 2 and 3 show that patience and risk-taking as intertemporal preferences are closely related to differences in student …

the classroom and beyond. Chapter 2 demonstrates that the abolishment of compulsory religious education in Germany does … reform of education standards in math and English has negative spillovers on student achievement in science. Finally, Chapter …

qualifications. The results show that teacher qualifications play a moderating role for the effect of instruction time on student … Germany increases the perception that external circumstances determine educational success, and private donations to charities … zeigt, wie Information über die Unterschiede in den Raten des Gymnasialbesuchs nach elterlichem Hintergrund in Deutschland …