Der Betreuungsausbau schreitet derzeit kaum noch voran. So lag die Zahl der institutionell betreuten Kinder im Alter von unter drei Jahren im Jahr 2024 mit 848.000 sogar niedriger als im Vorjahr mit 857.000. Allerdings ist ihr Anteil an allen Kindern in der Altersgruppe von 36,4 Prozent auf 37,4...

This paper examines a large-scale randomized evaluation of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program in 531 rural primary schools, as implemented by the Peruvian government starting in 2009. We use administrative and survey data on academic achievement and grade progression through 2019 to...

Zunächst wird die empirische Bedeutung der Fachhochschulen und ihrer Vorgängerinstitutionen im deutschen Hochschulwesen seit Ende der 1950er Jahre nachgezeichnet. Gemessen an der Zahl der Studierenden hat sich ihr Anteil auf zuletzt ein reichliches Drittel deutlich erhöht. Anschließend wird...

The development human capital is now recognized as being the most important precondition of economic growth in modern times. It should be a priority in our socio-economic policy. However, recognition of this fact alone will not produce a qualitative leap in the development of education,...

This research claims that investing European Union (EU) Structural Funds in Learning Mobility (LM) might lead to further regional polarization. LM is a type of labour mobility finalized to acquire new knowledge (human capital) and social networks (social capital). Historically, LM has been...

The paper adds to the literature on extracurricular early childhood education and child development by exploiting unique data on an educational project in Germany, the Junior University (JU). By utilizing a quasi-experimental study design we estimate the causal short-term effect of JU enrollment...

Chile is one of the most concentrated country in the world. Most of the 40 percent of the population live in the capital city, Santiago, where around 45 percent of the GDP is produced. At the same time, most of the policies promoting welfare are focus on people and they are spatially blind. This...

Childhood is changing in ways that we are still unpacking, affected by digitalization, globalization and climate change, as well as shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In many OECD education systems, child empowerment is increasingly an explicit aim of policies and practices. But it is often...