This paper evaluates the labour market effects of the introduction of the polytechnic education system in Finland. The polytechnic reform gradually transformed former vocational colleges into polytechnics. Since the timing of the reform differed across schools, we can compare the performance of...

Access to information may represent an important barrier to learning about and ultimately transferring to 4-year colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in particular, plays in enhancing, or possibly detracting from,...

Nach 20 Jahren deutsche Wiedervereinigung ziehen Gerlinde und Hans-Werner Sinn eine Bilanz des bisher Erreichten: Das Primat der Politik gegenüber den ökonomischen Gesetzen führte bei der Vereinigungspolitik zu absehbaren Problemen. So sei eine starke Konvergenz zwischen Ost- und...

This article examines the role of business in the historical development of job security regulations in Germany from their creation in the inter-war period to the dawn of the crisis of the 'German Model' in the 1980s. It contrasts the varieties of capitalism approach, which sees business as...

Das Thema Gleichstellung zwischen den Geschlechtern ist auf Ebene der europäischen Politik seit Ende der sechziger Jahre präsent. Der Bericht gibt einen Überblick über die Entwicklung der Gleichstellungspolitik in der Europäischen Union und weist auf noch vorhandene Defizite hinsichtlich...

This paper provides evidence about the quality of retrospective childhood health histories given to respondents in the HRS and the PSID. Even though information on early life health events is critical, there is legitimate skepticism about the ability of older respondents to remember specific...