What explains the large cross-country variation in the wage premium for higher education? Economic analyses of wage differentials by education point to technological change and globalisation, but we know little about the impact of different types of public policies. We argue that public...

According to BRUNETTI ET AL. (Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 134/1,1998) economic interests are of crucial importance for individual behaviour in popular votes on European integration in Switzerland. Compensation of losers might be a feasible strategy in creating majorities for...