Concepts of new school governance did considerably change the role and responsibilities of school principals. Due to the shift in their role from administrator to manager, recent research tends to focus on management activity, but little is still known about the interrelation between changing...

Children living in the occupied Palestinian territories are exposed to poverty as well as continued physical and psychological violence and human rights violations, leading to low levels of mental health compared to children in Western countries. We use test score and survey data on...

We investigate the long-term effect of households' exposure to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the Second Intifada (2000-2005) on children's primary school achievement in the West Bank. Our identification strategy exploits the exogenous geographical variation in locality-level conflict...

We investigate the long-term effects of households' exposure to violent conflict on children's educational attainment in primary school, studying cognitive and non-cognitive skills as possible causal channels. Our identification strategy exploits the locality-level variation in the intensity of...

In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, welche Veränderungen in der ethnischen und sozialen Zusammensetzung der Bevölkerung im Schul- und Vorschulalter festzustellen sind und welche Konsequenzen sich hieraus für die Bildungsbeteiligung und damit für die Entwicklung des Bildungsstandes in der...

The statistical techniques which cover the process of modeling and evaluating consumer credit risk have become widely accepted instruments in risk management. In contrast, we find only few and vague statements on how to define the default event, i. e. on the concrete circumstances that lead to...

Concepts of new school governance did considerably change the role and responsibilities of school principals. Due to the shift in their role from administrator to manager, recent research tends to focus on management activity, but little is still known about the interrelation between changing...

In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, welche Veränderungen in der ethnischen und sozialen Zusammensetzung der Bevölkerung im Schul- und Vorschulalter festzustellen sind und welche Konsequenzen sich hieraus für die Bildungsbeteiligung und damit für die Entwicklung des Bildungsstandes in der...