Im Artikel wird der Frage nachgegangen, inwieweit die Art und Weise, wie der Zugang zu Bildung in einer Gesellschaft verteilt ist, den sozialen Zusammenhalt beeinflusst, d. h. ihn stärken oder schwächen kann. Schulsysteme, welche bestehende, ungleiche soziale Strukturen verfestigen, führen zu...

We construct a new dataset of inequality in educational attainment by age and sex at the global level. The comparison of education inequality measures across age groups allows us to assess the effect of inter-generational education attainment trends on economic growth. Our results indicate that...

The economic data used in the compilation of the quarterly GDP often becomes available with some delay. This calls for revisions of data concerning quarters that already lie in the past. To provide timely information on the current economic situation first results are calculated from an...