This paper analyzes whether and how the ASEAN Work Plan on Education 2016-2020 promotes investment in education in the ASEAN Member States, focusing on three main areas: inclusive education, cross-border education programs, and ICT capacity building.

Human capital development is important for economic growth. The main channel by which human capital can be enhanced is education, which is characterized by the issues of availability, access, and quality. Domestic reforms can be complemented by regional cooperation in education. The main...

Nicht nur die direkte finanzielle Unterstützung von Studierenden, sondern auch Realtransfers wie der Zugang zu verbilligtem Wohnen und Verpflegung in Mensen haben umverteilende Wirkung. Bekannt ist, dass Kinder aus bildungsfernen Elternhäusern an den Hochschulen stark unterrepräsentiert sind....

The state is acknowledged as the central actor in development, and there are numerous studies on African states and their relationships to societies. However, the vast majority of these studies focus on the highest echelons of politics and policymaking, with very few dedicated to how the state...

Das Bundesverfassungsgericht fordert eine Neugestaltung der Regelsätze in der Grundsicherung für Arbeitssuchende. Die Regelleistungen für Kinder und Jugendliche müssen in Zukunft eigenständig berechnet werden, und sie haben einen Rechtsanspruch auf Bildungsförderung. Kann eine...

We study human capital accumulation in an environment of competitive search. Given that unemployed workers can default on their education loans, skilled individuals with a larger debt burden prefer riskier but better paid careers than is socially desirable. A higher level of employment risk in...

Student performance of Germans and immigrants differed greatly in the 2000 PISA study. This paper analyses why the two groups of students performed so differently by estimating educational production functions, using an extension study with imputed data. The difference in the test scores is...

This paper estimates the effect of school starting age on academic performance using the 2006 "National Assessment of Basic Competencies" (NABC), focusing on disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged children. The instrumental variable estimates of the school starting age imply that those who start...