It is generally argued that, in the context of Imperial Germany, public primary education was used to form “loyal citizens” and to build a nation. In this paper we analyze to what extent central spending on primary education affected participation at general elections and votes for...

In this paper we argue that different preferences in a decentralized system lead to under provision of public goods. We analyze the provision of public primary education in nineteenth-century Prussia which was characterized by a linguistically polarized society and a decentralized education...

The organization of the Prussian school system still affects the German education system of today. Against the background of end-of-nineteenth-Prussia this thesis analyzes how education funding emerges in a federal system and how it affects prosperity and nation building in a setting of...

Die Auswertung der Bruttomonatsentgelte von 15 Akademikerberufsgruppen liefert eine eindeutige Tendenz: Je gefragter am Arbeitsmarkt, je höher die Beschäftigungsanteile in der Industrie und je weniger im öffentlichen Dienst tätig, desto höher sind die Löhne. Arzt- und Ingenieurberufe...

During the Kulturkampf at the end of the nineteenth century, Prussian authorities introducedcentralized inspections to improve school outcomes in particular in Catholic regions. Tomeasure the effect of the reform, I combine unique data on school inspectors with Prussiancounty-level data. I apply...

Which role did educational investments play for economic development? Using data on schooling quantity and quality provided by the first and second Prussian census on primary schools and two measures capturing the high and the low end of the income distribution allows applying a value-added...

The ifo Education Survey is a representative opinion survey of the German voting-age population on education topics that has been conducted annually since 2014. It covers public preferences on a wide range of education policy issues ranging from early childhood education, schools, and...

Decentralization is expected to improve the provision of public goods as it can better respond to people’s preferences. In this paper we argue that decentralization of education policy in a context of heterogeneous local preferences and with high coordination costs can lead to underprovision...

Jugendliche verbringen viel Zeit online. Dies beeinflusst auch die Art und Weise, wie sie lernen und sich über politische und wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen informieren. Diese Studie untersucht auf Basis einer Befragung im Rahmen des JUNIORProjekts empirisch, wie Jugendliche in Deutschland das...