Thilo Sarrazin ist in Sorge um die Bevölkerungsentwicklung des Landes. In seinem Buch kommt der Volkswirt, ehemalige Spitzenbeamte und Politiker zu alarmierenden Ergebnissen. Niedrige Geburtenraten der Deutschen, sinkender Bildungsstand, mangelhafte Integration der Migranten, Sozialsysteme ohne...

While the 2006 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study assesses the average ability of German primary school students as being higher than average, the Programme for International Student Assessment studies (2000, 2003, 2006) ranks German secondary school students at a considerably...

The standard economic model of occupational choice following a basic Roy model emphasizes individual selection and comparative advantage, but the sources of comparative advantage are not well understood. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math and...

This paper identifies the effect peer ability has not only on a student’s academic performance but also on their effort choice as measured by hours of study; the latter of which is absent from the literature. The paper estimates these effects for exogenous peer group changes arising from...