Im Rahmen einer Instrumentalanalyse werden die Auswirkungen des Finanzierungsverfahrens "Studiengebühren" auf das Ziel der "Zugangsgerechtigkeit" untersucht. Die zentrale Fragestellung lautet, inwieweit nach der Einführung von Studiengebühren Kinder aus allen sozialen Schichten gleichermaßen...

We estimate selection and sorting effects on the evolution of the private return to schooling for college graduates during China's between 1988 and 2002. We pay special attention to the changing role of sorting by ability versus budget-constraint effects as China's education policy has changed...

This paper develops a tractable, heterogeneous agents general equilibrium model where individuals have different endowments of the factors that complement the schooling process. The paper explores the relationship between inequality of opportunities, inequality of outcomes, and efficiency in...