This book is mainly a collection of selected papers presented at the International Conference on Economics of Education at the University of Tartu, Estonia. The contributions presented here illustrate the wide variety of issues as human and social capital, skills, education and research...

Much educational research today is focused on assessing reforms that are intended to create equal opportunity for all students. Many current policies aim at concentrating extra resources on the disadvantaged. The state-of-the-art research in Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem suggests,...

Der wirtschaftliche Strukturwandel, der binnenwirtschaftlich durch den Wandel zur Dienstleistungs- und Informationsgesellschaft und weltwirtschaftlich durch die Globalisierung geprägt ist, stellt das deutsche Bildungssystem vor neue Herausforderungen. Um diese Thematik ging es bei der 63....