Katharina Wedel prepared this study while she was working at the Center for the Economics of Education at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in September 2023 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at LMU Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays that...

Benjamin W. Arold prepared this study while he was working at the Center for Economics of Education at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in March 2022 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the LMU Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays that...

Pietro Sancassani prepared this study while he was working at the Center for Economics of Education at the ifo Institut. The study was completed in March 2023 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the LMU Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays and...

The aim of this doctoral project is an empirical analysis of questions concerning economics of education, in particular education policy. The first key aspect is the relationship between public opinion and the level of information of the population. As part of this, a first research project...

Elisabeth Grewenig prepared this study while she was working at the Center for Economics of Education at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in March 2021 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the LMU Munich. It consists of five distinct empirical essays that...

The present paper is an integral part of the Preparation of the strategy for social benefits monetization reform in Ukraine” project, co-financed by the 2008 Polish aid programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and carried out by CASE in 2008. The paper was...

Seit 2007 finanzieren Bund und Länder im Hochschulpakt Studienanfänger, die gegenüber dem Basisjahr 2005 zusätzlich an die Hochschulen kommen, gemeinsam. In die Berechnungen werden alle Anfänger an den Privathochschulen einbezogen, Geld gibt es aber nur in wenigen Ausnahmefällen. Im...

Die SPD-Fraktion im nordrhein-westfälischen Landtag schlägt eine Anhebung der Besoldung für Grund-, Haupt-, Real-, Sekundar- und Gesamtschullehrer der entsprechenden Jahrgangsstufen (im Folgenden wird der Einfachheit halber nur auf Grundschullehrer abgestellt) von A12 auf A13 vor. Um...

The aim of this study is to analyse the state of the competitiveness of seven Western Balkan economies and to suggest policy recommendations in order to increase their capacity to compete. Most countries from the Western Balkans have a persistent current account deficit of about 10% of GDP which...