We study the effects of rental price changes on college enrollment rates. We exploit cross-district variation in the size and timing of local rental price booms in Germany during the 2010s. A one standard deviation increase in apartment rents decreased per-capita college enrollment by 1.1...

After the German Reunification in 1990, East Germany transitioned from a centrally planned economic system to a market economy. At the time, upskilling through adult education was deemed essential for the successful integration of the workforce into the labor market. Besides substantial...

Das BAföG soll Bildungspotenziale ausschöpfen und Chancengleichheit fördern. Dafür hat es zwei wesentliche Steuerungshebel: Freibeträge und Bedarfssätze. Anpassungen beider Größen werden bisher nicht auf Grundlage belegbarer Ergebnisse zur Zielerreichung, sondern in politischen...

After the German Reunification in 1990, East Germany transitioned from a centrally planned economic system to a market economy. To tackle surging unemployment, upskilling through adult education was deemed essential at the time. Besides substantial mandatory training programs provided by active...

Vor mehr als 50 Jahren wurde das Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz (BAföG) beschlossen. Es soll Bildungspotenziale ausschöpfen und die Chancengleichheit im (Hochschul-)Bildungswesen fördern. Um die Ziele zu erreichen, gibt es zwei wesentliche Steuerungshebel: Freibeträge und Bedarfssätze....

We evaluate the labor market effects of an increasing supply of high-skilled labor, resulting from a higher education expansion at established German universities. Exploiting variation in exposure across regions and cohorts, we estimate early career effects for labor market entrants. We find...

After the German Reunification in 1990, East Germany transitioned from a centrally planned economic system to a market economy. To tackle surging unemployment, upskilling through adult education was deemed essential at the time. Besides substantial mandatory training programs provided by active...

Vor mehr als 50 Jahren wurde das Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz (BAföG) beschlossen. Es soll Bildungspotenziale ausschöpfen und die Chancengleichheit im (Hochschul-)Bildungswesen fördern. Um die Ziele zu erreichen, gibt es zwei wesentliche Steuerungshebel: Freibeträge und Bedarfssätze....

We evaluate the labor market effects of an increasing supply of high-skilled labor, resulting from a higher education expansion at established German universities. Exploiting variation in exposure across regions and cohorts, we estimate early career effects for labor market entrants. We find...

We study the effects of rental price changes on college enrollment rates. We exploit cross-district variation in the size and timing of local rental price booms in Germany during the 2010s. A one standard deviation increase in apartment rents decreased per-capita college enrollment by 1.1...