Eine aktuelle RWI-Studie zeigt: Mädchen und Jungen haben in der neunten Klasse ähnlich hohe digitale Kompetenzen. Allerdings verfolgen Mädchen - anders als Jungen - tendenziell nur dann eine MINT-Karriere, wenn ihre digitalen Kompetenzen überdurchschnittlich stark ausgeprägt sind. Weil der...

The education system is crucial for individual and social development and a country's competitiveness. Current studies show a decline in the quality of education and growing inequality. Challenges such as a shortages of skilled labour and high workloads for teachers, combined with inadequate...

Evidence-based education policy needs comprehensive data. Education economists of the Verein für Socialpolitik call for the implementation of a longitudinal education register in Germany to understand the complex interrelationships of education systems. The education register should cover all...

This study investigates the impact of a low-cost, color-coded scale intervention designed to inform university students about the expected workload for a course, with the aim of improving students’ academic performance and learning behaviors. An initial intervention took place at the beginning...

Um mit Ergebnissen der Bildungsforschung wirksame und effiziente Bildungspolitik zu betreiben, ist ein besserer Zugang zu Bildungsdaten für die Forschung dringend notwendig. Lehrkräftemangel, PISA-Krise, Digitalisierung - das deutsche Bildungssystem hat seit Jahren erhebliche Probleme. Um eine...

Digital skills are critical for promoting gender equality, economic empowerment, and bridging the digital divide. This paper presents stylized facts on the gender gap in digital literacy for a total of 35,661 individuals ranging from pupils to adults using data from the German National...