Child care and education are important inputs in the human capital production function. The research of Nobel prize … inputs, in short: skill begets skill. Therefore, it is crucial for a society to know how the public education system can … on the effects of some important aspects of education policies. It comprises an introduction and four core chapters which …

effect of a policy reform. Chapters 2 to 4 provide a contribution to the literature on economics of education and investigate …

This volume was prepared by Benedikt Siegler while working at the Center for the Economics of Education of the Ifo … Munich (LMU) in November 2014. The thesis includes three empirical studies, each of which evaluates one distinct education …), opening of new universities in regions without local tertiary education supply to raise tertiary education attainment by the …

economics of education andorganizational economics. The dissertation covers papers which link thesetwo research areas. The … lowability students into higher education, universities increase requirementsto deter undesired students. In a duopoly with ….Chapter four discusses the impact of ability grouping in secondary educationon student incentives. Education provides a signal on …