We estimate the effect of age of school entry on educational attainment using three different data sets for Germany, sampling pupils at the end of primary school, in the middle of secondary school and several years after secondary school. Results are obtained based on instrumental variable...

In the 2000s, a major educational reform in Germany reduced the academic high school duration by one year while keeping constant the total number of instructional hours before graduation. The instructional hours from the eliminated school year shifted to lower grade levels, which increased the...

This paper studies drivers' responses to a ‘notched' penalty scheme in which speeding penalties are stepwise and discontinuously increasing in speed. We present survey evidence suggesting that drivers in Germany are well aware of the notched penalty structure. Based on a simple analytical...

Nicht verpflichtende Bildungsangebote wie die Teilnahme an Schul-AGs, der Besuch von Kindertageseinrichtungen (Kitas) und die Nutzung von non-formalen Bildungsangeboten wie außerschulische Sport- oder Musikaktivitäten spielen eine wichtige Rolle bei der Integration in eine Gesellschaft. Doch...

This paper studies drivers' responses to a "notched" penalty scheme in which speeding penalties are stepwise and discontinuously increasing in speed. We present survey evidence suggesting that drivers in Germany are well aware of the notched penalty structure. Based on a simple analytical...