In response to PISA, all German federal states but one have adopted central exitexaminations (CEEs) at the end of all secondary school tracks. Theoretically, the advantagesof CEEs are fairly undisputed. CEEs make teaching and learning output observable andcomparable across schools, and provide...

Economic theory suggests that it is optimal to reward teachers depending on therelative performance of their students. We develop an econometric approach, based onstochastic frontier analysis, to construct a fair ranking that accounts for the socio-economicbackground of students and schools and...

Das deutsche Bildungssystem steht auf dem Prüfstand. Nach den international verglei-chenden Schulstudien der vergangenen Jahre wird in Deutschland über neue, ungewohnte Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten nachgedacht. Reformen des Bildungssystems sind denkbar gewor-den, die es ohne die Debatte um PISA...

The access and use of administrative health data in Germany is limited by several factors. Due to the large number and heterogeneity of data holders, data are usually only available in fragmented form, and access is often regulated in a non-transparent manner. Linkage of health data with other...

Die Stellungnahme der Arbeitsgruppe "Gesundheitsdaten" identifiziert aus gesundheitsökonomischer Perspektive eine deutliche Diskrepanz zwischen Forschungsbedarfen und den am Forschungsstandort Deutschland vorgefundenen Bedingungen des Datenzugangs. Ein ungenügender Datenzugang ist aber nicht...

Using claims data on more than 23 million statutorily insured, we investigate the causal effect of schooling on health in the largest and most comprehensive analysis for Germany to date. In a regression discontinuity approach, we exploit changes in compulsory schooling in West Germany to...

This paper makes use of the regional variation in schooling legislation within the German secondary education system to estimate the causal effect of central exit examinations on student performance. We propose a difference-in-differences framework that exploits the quasi-experimental nature of...