How can the labor-market prospects of school-attending adolescents from disadvantaged families be improved? One possible approach is the use of mentoring programs that assign adolescents a mentor who can provide them with support that their family environment is not able to provide. But do such...

The importance of data for economic growth and development in Germany and Europe is undisputed. This study identifies various factors that may cause market failures for the good "data". As a consequence, markets alone may not lead to efficient allocation of, optimal access to and sufficient...