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ifo Center for the Economics of Education

How do changes in the level of education come about and how do they affect economic development? The Center for Educational Economics researches these questions. Contributions and policy recommendations are developed on the basis of scientific findings. They are intended to contribute to enabling people to participate more strongly in the opportunities offered by an open society, to survive in international competition and to exploit their opportunities for greater prosperity.

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Research Focus
Education and Individual Outcomes
Education and Sustainable Development
Determinants of Education
Governance of Education
Service Focus
ifo Education Survey
iPEHD
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Education Comparisons
Vocational Education 4.0
Equality of Opportunity

Education policy must become a pillar of the social market economy in order to ensure equal opportunities for all in the future and thus safeguard the basis for our prosperity.

Prof. Dr. Ludger Wößmann, Director of the ifo Center for the Economics of Education
Foto: Ludger Wößmann, Leiter des ifo Zentrums für Bildungsökonomik

    • 2026
      Working Paper
      Parental mental health and the economic preferences of the next generation
      Alexander Bertermann, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch
      ifo Working Paper No. 424
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    • 2025
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Talent Is Everywhere, Opportunity Is Not: Online Role Model Mentoring and Students’ Aspirations
      Pietro Biroli, Amalia Di Girolamo, Giuseppe Sorrenti, Maddalena Totarelli
      CESifo Working Paper No. 12342
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    • 2025
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Training or Retiring? How Labor Markets Adjust to Trade and Technology Shocks
      Alexander Bertermann, Wolfgang Dauth, Jens Suedekum, Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 12240
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    • 2025
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Worker Beliefs About Firm Training
      Hanna Brosch, Philipp Lergetporer, Florian Schoner
      CESifo Working Paper No. 12183
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    • 2025
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Luck Or Effort: Perceptions of the Role of Circumstances in Education and Demand for Targeted Spending
      Elisabeth Grewenig, Katharina Wedel, Katharina Werner
      CESifo Working Paper No. 12148
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    • 2025
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Out-of-School Learning: Subtitling vs. Dubbing and the Acquisition of Foreign-Language Skills
      Frauke Baumeister, Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 11981
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    • 2025
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Multidimensional Skills on LinkedIn Profiles: Measuring Human Capital and the Gender Skill Gap
      David Dorn, Florian Schoner, Moritz Seebacher, Lisa Simon, Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 11846
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    • 2025
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Rebalancing Power Asymmetries Within Firms: Evidence from Illegal Resignations
      Alessandra Casarico, Irene Ferrari, Caterina Pavese
      CESifo Working Paper No. 11805
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    • 2025
      Working Paper
      Anchoring Effects in the Elicitation of Multidimensional Beliefs: Evidence from a Representative Survey Experiment
      Philipp Lergetporer, Thomas Rittmannsberger, Katharina Werner, Helen Zeidler
      IZA Discussion Paper No. 17931.
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    • 2025
      Working Paper
      Sustainability Preferences of Swiss Retail Investors
      Massimo Filippini, Katharina Holzheu, Tobias Wekhof
      Policy Brief ETH Zürich
      01-04
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    • 2025
      Working Paper
      Bank-Advisor Certification and Willingness to Pay for Sustainable Finance Products
      Katharina Holzheu, Tobias Wekhof
      CER-ETH Working Papers 25/396
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    • 2024
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      The Causal Impact of Gender Norms on Mothers’ Employment Attitudes and Expectations
      Henning Hermes, Marina Krauß, Philipp Lergetporer, Frauke Peter, Simon Wiederhold
      CESifo Working Paper No. 11572
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    • 2024
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      No Teens, No Tech: How Shortages of Young Workers Hinder Firm Technology Investments
      Cäcilia Lipowski
      CESifo Working Paper No. 11471
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    • 2024
      Working Paper
      (Not) Going to School in Times of Climate Change: Natural Disasters and Student Achievement
      Sarah Gust
      ifo Working Paper No. 413
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    • 2024
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Skills and Earnings: A Multidimensional Perspective on Human Capital
      Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 11428
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    • 2024
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Short-Term Events, Long-Term Friends? Freshman Orientation Peers and Academic Performance
      Raphael Brade
      CESifo Working Paper No. 11046
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    • 2024
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      The Impact of Working Memory Training on Children’s Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills
      Eva M. Berger, Ernst Fehr, Henning Hermes, Daniel Schunk, Kirsten Winkel
      CESifo Working Paper No. 11010
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    • 2024
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Helping Students to Succeed – The Long-Term Effects of Soft Commitments and Reminders
      Raphael Brade, Oliver Himmler, Robert Jäckle, Philipp Weinschenk
      CESifo Working Paper No. 11001
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    • 2024
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Information about Inequality in Early Child Care Reduces Polarization in Policy Preferences
      Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Fabian Mierisch, Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold
      CESifo Working Paper No. 10925
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    • 2023
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      The E-Word - On the Public Acceptance of Experiments
      Mira Fischer, Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Helen Zeidler
      CESifo Working Paper No. 10707
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    • 2023
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Religion and Growth
      Sascha O. Becker, Jared Rubin, Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 10688
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    • 2023
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Can Patience Account for Subnational Differences in Student Achievement? Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests
      Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Pietro Sancassani, Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 10660
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    • 2023
      Working Paper EconPol EN
      The Effect of Subject-Specific Teacher Qualifications on Student Science Achievement
      Vera Freundl, Pietro Sancassani
      EconPol Policy Brief 51
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    • 2023
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Cognitive Skills among Adults: An Impeding Factor for Gender Convergence?
      Michele Battisti, Alexandra Fedorets, Lavinia Kinne
      CESifo Working Paper No. 10428
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    • 2023
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Discrimination in Universal Social Programs? A Nationwide Field Experiment on Access to Child Care
      Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Fabian Mierisch, Frauke Peter, Simon Wiederhold
      CESifo Working Paper No. 10368
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    • 2023
      Working Paper
      Transparency and Policy Competition: Experimental Evidence From German Citizens and Politicians
      Sebastian Blesse, Philipp Lergetporer, Justus Nover, Katharina Werner
      ZEW Discussion Paper Series 007
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    • 2023
      Working Paper
      Transparency and Policy Competition: Experimental Evidence from German Citizens and Politicians
      Sebastian Blesse, Philipp Lergetporer, Justus Nover, Katharina Werner
      ifo Working Paper No. 390
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    • 2023
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Transparency and Policy Competition: Experimental Evidence from German Citizens and Politicians
      Sebastian Blesse, Philipp Lergetporer, Justus Nover, Katharina Werner
      CESifo Working Paper No. 10292
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    • 2023
      Working Paper
      Ability Composition in the Class and the School Performance of Immigrant Students
      Elena Meschi, Caterina Pavese
      ifo Working Paper No. 388
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    • 2023
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Long-Term Effects of Grade Retention
      Simon ter Meulen
      CESifo Working Paper No. 10212
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    • 2022
      Working Paper
      Infrastructure and Girls’ Education: Bicycles, Roads, and the Gender Education Gap in India
      Moritz Seebacher
      ifo Working Paper No. 382
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    • 2022
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Global Universal Basic Skills: Current Deficits and Implications for World Development
      Sarah Gust, Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 10029
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    • 2022
      Working Paper
      Evolution vs. Creationism in the Classroom: The Lasting Effects of Science Education
      Benjamin W. Arold
      ifo Working Paper No. 379
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    • 2022
      Working Paper
      The ifo Education Survey 2014–2021: A New Dataset on Public Preferences for Education Policy in Germany
      Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, Franziska Kugler, Philipp Lergetporer, Ruth Schüler, Katharina Wedel, Katharina Werner, Olivia Wirth, Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Working Paper No. 378
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    • 2022
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Genetic Endowments, Educational Outcomes and the Mediating Influence of School Investments
      Benjamin W. Arold, Paul Hufe, Marc Stoeckli
      CESifo Working Paper No. 9841
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    • 2022
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Income Contingency and the Electorate's Support for Tuition
      Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 9520
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    • 2022
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes? Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education
      Benjamin W. Arold, Ludger Woessmann, Larissa Zierow
      CESifo Working Paper No. 9504
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    • 2021
      Working Paper
      The Gender Pay Gap in University Student Employment
      Paul David Boll, Lukas Mergele, Larissa Zierow
      ifo Working Paper No. 364
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    • 2021
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Individualism, Human Capital Formation, and Labor Market Success
      Katharina Hartinger, Sven Resnjanskij, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold
      CESifo Working Paper No. 9391
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    • 2021
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      The Legacy of Covid-19 in Education
      Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 9358
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    • 2021
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Application Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment
      Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Frauke Peter, Simon Wiederhold
      CESifo Working Paper No. 9282
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    • 2021
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Grading Student Behavior
      Florian Schoner, Lukas Mergele, Larissa Zierow
      CESifo Working Paper No. 9275
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    • 2021
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      How Does Reducing the Intensity of Tracking Affect Student Achievement? Evidence from German State Reforms
      Marc Piopiunik
      CESifo Working Paper No. 9214
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    • 2021
      Working Paper
      The Unintended Effects of the Common Core State Standards on Non-Targeted Subjects
      Benjamin W. Arold, M. Danish Shakeel
      ifo Working Paper No. 354
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    • 2021
      Working Paper
      School Track Decisions and Teacher Recommendations: Evidence from German State Reforms
      Elisabeth Grewenig
      ifo Working Paper No. 353 (Revised version: January 2022)
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    • 2021
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Earnings Information and Public Preferences for University Tuition: Evidence from Representative Experiments
      Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 9102
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    • 2021
      Working Paper
      The Austrian Pay Transparency Law and the Gender Pay Gap
      René Böheim, Sarah Gust
      IZA Discussion Paper no. 14206
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    • 2021
      Working Paper
      The Effect of Teacher Characteristics on Students’ Science Achievement
      Pietro Sancassani
      ifo Working Paper No. 348
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    • 2021
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Can Mentoring Alleviate Family Disadvantage in Adolscence? A Field Experiment to Improve Labor-Market Prospects
      Sven Resnjanskij, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold, Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 8870
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    • 2021
      Working Paper
      Does the Education Level of Refugees Affect Natives’ Attitudes?
      Philipp Lergetporer, Marc Piopiunik, Lisa Simon
      ifo Working Paper No. 346
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    • 2021
      Working Paper
      Instruction Time and Student Achievement: The Moderating Role of Teacher Qualifications
      Katharina Wedel
      ifo Working Paper No. 344
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    • 2020
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Covid-19 and Educational Inequality: How School Closures Affect Low- and High-Achieving Students
      Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann, Larissa Zierow
      CESifo Working Paper No. 8648
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    • 2020
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      The Impact of All-Day Schools on Student Achievement - Evidence from Extending School Days in German Primary Schools
      Arnim Seidlitz, Larissa Zierow
      CESifo Working Paper No. 8618
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    • 2020
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Gender Norms and Labor-Supply Expectations: Experimental Evidence from Adolescents
      Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner
      CESifo Working Paper No. 8611
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    • 2020
      Working Paper
      The Economic Impacts of Learning Losses
      Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Wößmann
      OECD Education Working Papers No. 225
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    • 2020
      Working Paper
      Long-Term Effects of Equal Sharing: Evidence from Inheritance Rules for Land
      Charlotte Bartels, Simon Jäger, Natalie Obergruber
      IZA Discussion Paper 13665
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    • 2020
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      The Big Sell: Privatizing East Germany's Economy
      Lukas Mergele, Moritz Hennicke, Moritz Lubczyk
      CESifo Working Paper No. 8566
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    • 2020
      Working Paper
      Can Internet Surveys Represent the Entire Population? A Practitioners’ Analysis
      Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Lisa Simon, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
      IZA Discussion Paper 11799
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    • 2020
      Working Paper
      Culture and Student Achievement: The Intertwined Roles of Patience and Risk-Taking
      Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Wößmann
      NBER Working Paper 27484
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    • 2020
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Culture and Student Achievement: The Intertwined Roles of Patience and Risk-Taking
      Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 8407
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    • 2020
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Religion in Economic History: A Survey
      Sascha O. Becker, Jared Rubin, Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 8365
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    • 2020
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      The Effects of Graduating from High School in a Recession: College Investments, Skill Formation, and Labor-Market Outcomes
      Franziska Hampf, Marc Piopiunik, Simon Wiederhold
      CESifo Working Paper No. 8252
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    • 2020
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Long-Run Trends in the U.S. SES-Achievement Gap
      Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, Laura M. Talpey, Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 8111
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    • 2020
      Working Paper
      Long-run Trends in the U.S. SES-Achievement Gap
      Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, Laura M. Talpey, Ludger Wößmann
      NBER Working Paper 26764
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    • 2019
      Working Paper
      The E-Word – On the Public Acceptance of Experiments
      Mira Fischer, Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner
      CRC Rationality & Competition Discussion Paper 219
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    • 2019
      Working Paper
      The baby year parental leave reform in the GDR and its impact on children's long-term life satisfaction
      Katharina Heisig, Larissa Zierow
      SOEPpapers No. 1059
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    • 2019
      Working Paper
      The Effect of Compulsory Schooling on Skills: Evidence from a Reform in Germany
      Franziska Hampf
      ifo Working Paper No. 313
      01-67
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    • 2019
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Do Minorities Misrepresent Their Ethnicity to Avoid Discrimination?
      Nikoloz Kudashvili, Philipp Lergetporer
      CESifo Working Paper No. 7861
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    • 2019
      Working Paper
      The Unwavering SES Achievement Gap: Trends in U.S. Student Performance
      Christina Gathmann, Hans Gersbach, Veronika Grimm, Ludger Wößmann
      NBER Working Paper 25648
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    • 2019
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Parental Leave and Long-Term Life Satisfaction of Children - Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Former East Germany
      Katharina Heisig, Larissa Zierow
      CESifo Working Paper No. 7806
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    • 2019
      Working Paper
      How Did EU Membership of Eastern Europe Affect Student Achievement?
      Annika B. Bergbauer
      ifo Working Paper No. 299
      01-72
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    • 2019
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Do Party positions affect the public's policy preferences?
      Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 7579
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    • 2019
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Incentives, search engines, and the elicitation of subjective beliefs: evidence from representative online survey experiments
      Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 7556
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    • 2019
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      The political economy of higher education finance: how information and design affect public preferences for tuition
      Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Wößmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 7536
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    • 2018
      Working Paper
      Shocking Choice: Trade Shocks, Local Labor Markets and Vocational Occupation Choices
      Lisa Simon
      ifo Working Paper No. 281
      01-63
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    • 2018
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Discrimination at Young Age: Experimental Evidence from Preschool Children
      Parampreet Christopher Bindra, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Philipp Lergetporer
      CESifo Working Paper No. 7396
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    • 2018
      Working Paper
      Obstacles to Efficient Allocations of Public Education Spending: Evidence from a Representative Survey Experiment
      Katharina Werner
      Rationality & Competition CRC Discussion Paper 128
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    • 2018
      Working Paper
      Risky Decisions and the Opportunity Cost of Time
      Jan Hausfeld, Sven Resnjanskij
      ifo Working Paper No. 269
      01-53
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    • 2018
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Entry Barriers and the Labor Market Outcomes of Incumbent Workers: Evidence from a Deregulation Reform in the German Crafts Sector
      Philipp Lergetporer, Jens Ruhose, Lisa Simon
      CESifo Working Paper No. 7274
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    • 2018
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Complex Ballot Propositions, Individual Voting Behavior, and Status quo Bias
      Zohal Hessami, Sven Resnjanskij
      CESifo Working Paper No. 7276
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    • 2018
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Can Online Surveys Represent the Entire Population?
      Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Lisa Simon, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 7222
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    • 2018
      Working Paper
      Students’ Behavioural Responses to a Fallback Option: Evidence from Introducing Interim Degrees in German Schools
      Natalie Obergruber, Larissa Zierow
      IZA Discussion Paper 11732
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    • 2018
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Educational Inequality and Public Policy Preferences: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments
      Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 7192
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    • 2018
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Testing
      Annika Barbara Bergbauer, Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Wößmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 7168
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    • 2018
      Working Paper
      Growing up in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency and Educational Attainment of Immigrant Children
      Alexander M. Danzer, Carsten Feuerbaum, Marc Piopiunik, Ludger Wößmann
      IZA Discussion Paper 11608
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    • 2018
      Working Paper
      Testing
      Annika Barbara Bergbauer, Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Wößmann
      NBER Working Paper No. 24836
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    • 2018
      Working Paper
      Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments
      Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
      IZA Discussion Paper 11453
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    • 2018
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Growing up in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency and Educational Attainment of Immigrant Children
      Alexander M. Danzer, Carsten Feuerbaum, Marc Piopiunik, Ludger Wößmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 7097
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    • 2018
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments
      Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 7000
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    • 2018
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Skills, Signals, and Employability: An Experimental Investigation
      Marc Piopiunik, Guido Schwerdt, Lisa Simon, Ludger Wößmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 6858
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    • 2018
      Working Paper
      Skills, Signals, and Employability: An Experimental Investigation
      Marc Piopiunik, Guido Schwerdt, Lisa Simon, Ludger Wößmann
      IZA Discussion Paper No. 11283
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    • 2017
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Does the Education Level of Refugees Affect Natives' Attitudes?
      Philipp Lergetporer, Marc Piopiunik, Lisa Simon
      CESifo Working Paper No. 6832
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    • 2017
      Working Paper
      Religious Tolerance as Engine of Innovation
      Francesco Cinnirella, Jochen Streb
      CEPR Discussion Paper 12466
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    • 2017
      Working Paper
      Risky Decisions and the Opportunity Cost of Time
      Jan Hausfeld, Sven Resnjanskij
      TWI Working Paper 108
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    • 2017
      Working Paper
      The Effect of Pre-Service Cognitive and Pedagogical Teacher Skills on Student Achievement Gains: Evidence from German Entry Screening Exams
      Bernhard Enzi
      ifo Working Paper No. 243
      01-16
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    • 2017
      Working Paper CESifo EN
      Public Opinion on Education Policy in Germany
      Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
      CESifo Working Paper No. 6602
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    • 2009
      Working Paper
      Methods for Causal Evaluation of Education Policies and Practices: An Econometric Toolbox
      Martin Schlotter, Guido Schwerdt, Ludger Wößmann
      EENEE Analytical Report 5
      01-35
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    • 2006
      Working Paper
      Efficiency and Equity in European Education and Training Systems
      Ludger Wößmann, Gabriela Schütz
      EENEE Analytical Report 1
      01-42
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    • 2014
      Working Paper
      The Economic Case for Education
      Ludger Wößmann
      EENEE Analytical Report 20
      01-39
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    • 2010
      Working Paper
      The Cost of Low Educational Achievement in the European Union
      Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Wößmann
      EENEE Analytical Report 7
      01-51
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    • All Further Publications

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      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Short-Term Events, Long-Term Friends? Freshman Orientation Peers and Academic Performance
      Raphael Brade
      Journal of Human Resources
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    • 2026
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Patience and Subnational Differences in Human Capital: Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests
      Ludger Wößmann, Eric A Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Pietro Sancassani
      The Economic Journal Volume 136, Issue 673
      335–350,
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    • 2025
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The Influence of Economics Education in School on Future Entrepreneurial Behavior
      Ismail Ismail, Lukas Mergele, Ines Rueter, Andranik Tumasjan, Larissa Zierow
      Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice 49 (5)
      1329-1356
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    • Forthcoming
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Gender Norms and Labor-Supply Expectations: Experimental Evidence from Adolescents.
      Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner
      The Economic Journal
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    • Forthcoming
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Income Contingency and the Electorate's Support for Tuition
      Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Wößmann
      Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics
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    • 2025
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Skills and Earnings: A Multidimensional Perspective on Human Capital
      Ludger Wößmann
      Annual Review of Economics (17)
      397-425
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    • 2025
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Self-oriented affective empathy is associated with increased negative affect
      Mareike J. Hülsemann, Aleksandra Kaurin, Bianca Kollmann, Andrea Chmitorz, Kira F. Ahrens, Charlotte Schenk, Michael M. Plichta, Beat Lutz, Ulrike Basten, Christian J. Fiebach, Raffael Kalisch, Klaus Lieb, Andreas Reif, Oliver Tüscher, Henning Hermes, Daniel Schunk, Michèle Wessa
      Scientific Reports 15, 27767
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    • 2025
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The causal effect of working from home on mental health of 50+ Europeans
      Marco Bertoni, Danilo Cavapozzi, Giacomo Pasini, Caterina Pavese
      The Journal of the Economics of Ageing 31
      100560
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    • 2025
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Application Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment
      Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Frauke Peter, Simon Wiederhold
      Journal of the European Economic Association 23, Nr. 3
      1133-1172
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    • 2025
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Pragmatic clustered randomised control trial to evaluate a self-regulated learning intervention to be implemented in South Australian primary schools – study protocol
      S. A. Brinkman, B. Lam, S. Dawson, R. Marrone, D. Schunk, K. Winkel, Henning Hermes, F. Gabriel, S. Fowler, D. Engelhardt
      Trials 26, 120
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    • 2025
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Computers as stepping stones? Technological change and equality of labor market opportunities
      Melanie Arntz, Cäcilia Lipowski, Guido Neidhöfer, Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage
      Journal of Labor Economics 43, Nr. 2
      503-543
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    • 2025
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Structural Change, Elite Capitalism, and the Emergence of Labour Emancipation
      Francesco Cinnirella, Quamrul Ashraf, Oded Galor, Boris Gershman, Eric Hornung
      Review of Economic Studies 92 (2)
      808-836
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    • 2025
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It
      Ludger Wößmann, Frauke Witthöft, Lavinia Kinne, Eric Hanushek
      Science Advances 11 (10)
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    • 2025
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The Big Sell: Privatizing East Germany's Economy
      Lukas Mergele, Moritz Hennicke, Moritz Lubczyk
      Journal of Public Economics
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    • 2025
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The Impact of Working Memory Training on Children's Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills
      Eva M. Berger, Ernst Fehr, Henning Hermes, Daniel Schunk, Kirsten Winkel
      Journal of Political Economy 133 (2)
      492-521
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    • 2024
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Global universal basic skills: Current deficits and implications for world development
      Sarah Gust, Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann
      Journal of Development Economics 166, 103205
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    • 2024
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Information about Inequality in Early Child Care Reduces Polarization in Policy Preferences
      Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Fabian Mierisch, Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold
      Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 228
      106780
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    • 2024
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Evolution Vs. Creationism in the Classroom: The Lasting Effects of Science Education
      Benjamin W. Arold
      Quarterly Journal of Economics 139
      2331 - 2375
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    • 2024
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Long-Term Effects of Equal Sharing: Evidence from Inheritance Rules for Land
      Natalie Obergruber, Charlotte Bartels, Simon Jäger
      Economic Journal 134 (664)
      3137-3172
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    • 2024
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The E-word - On the public acceptance of experiments
      Katharina Werner, Philipp Lergetporer, Mira Fischer, Elisabeth Grewenig, Helen Zeidler
      Economics Letters 235, 111558
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    • 2024
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Grading student behavior
      Florian Schoner, Lukas Mergele, Larissa Zierow
      Labour Economics 90
      102570
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    • 2024
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Religion and Growth
      Ludger Wößmann, Sascha O. Becker, Jared Rubin
      Journal of Economic Literature 62 (3)
      1194-1142
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    • 2024
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      A Reciprocal Perspective on the Differential Associations Between Personality Traits and Multiple Indicators of Academic Achievement
      Katharina Werner, Ai Miyamoto, Fabian T. C. Schmidt
      Journal of Personality 92 (4)
      1067-1085
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    • 2024
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Social Information and Educational Investment - Nudging Remedial Math Course Participation
      Raphael Brade
      Education Finance & Policy 19 (1)
      106–142
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    • 2024
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Can Mentoring Alleviate Family Disadvantage in Adolescence? A Field Experiment to Improve Labor-Market Prospects
      Ludger Woessmann, Sven Resnjanskij, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold, Katharina Wedel
      Journal of Political Economy 132 (3)
      1013-1062
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    • 2024
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Testing
      Annika Bergbauer, Eric Hanushek, Ludger Wößmann
      Journal of Human Resources 59 (2)
      349-388
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    • 2024
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Austerity harmed student achievement
      Caterina Pavese, Enrico Rubolino
      The Economic Journal 134 (659)
      1199–1227
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    • 2023
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Pathways to Progress: The Complementarity of Bicycles and Road Infrastructure for Girls’ Education
      Moritz Seebacher
      Economics of Education Review 97
      1-14
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    • 2023
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The ifo Education Survey 2014–2021: A New Dataset on Public Preferences for Education Policy in Germany
      Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, Franziska Kugler, Philipp Lergetporer, Ruth Schüler, Katharina Wedel, Katharina Werner, Olivia Wirth, Ludger Woessmann
      Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 243
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    • 2023
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Ability Composition in the Class and the School Performance of Immigrant Students
      Elena Meschi, Caterina Pavese
      Labour Economics 85 (102450)
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    • 2023
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Earnings Information and Public Preferences for University Tuition: Evidence from Representative Experiments
      Ludger Wößmann, Philipp Lergetporer
      Journal of Public Economics 226, 104968
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    • 2023
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Can Internet Surveys Represent the Entire Population? A Practitioners’ Analysis
      Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann, Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Lisa Simon
      European Journal of Political Economy 78,102382
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    • 2023
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Males should Mail? Gender Discrimination in Access to Childcare
      Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Fabian Mierisch, Frauke Peter, Simon Wiederhold
      American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 113
      427-431
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    • 2023
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Children's Patience and School-Track Choices Several Years Later
      Philipp Lergetporer, Silvia Angerer, Jana Bolvashenkova, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Matthias Sutter
      Journal of Public Economics 220
      104837
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    • 2023
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The Legacy of Covid-19 in Education
      Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
      Economic Policy 38 (115)
      609–668
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    • 2023
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Wer leitet die deutschen Bildungsministerien? Ein neuer Datensatz zur Analyse von biografischen Merkmalen von Bildungsminister:innen der Bundesländer, 1950–2020
      Lukas Mergele, Larissa Zierow, Natalie Irmert, Katja Mummert, Rita Nicolai
      Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft 33
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    • 2023
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The Effect of Teacher Subject-Specific Qualifications on Student Science Achievement
      Pietro Sancassani
      Labour Economics 80 (2023) 102309
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    • 2022
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Minorities’ Strategic Response to Discrimination: Experimental Evidence
      Philipp Lergetporer, Nikoloz Kudashvili
      Journal of Public Economics 208
      104630
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    • 2022
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Incentives, Search Engines, and the Elicitation of Subjective Beliefs: Evidence from Representative Online Survey Experiments
      Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
      Journal of Econometrics 231(1)
      304–326
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    • 2022
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Long-run Trends in the U.S. SES-Achievement Gap
      Eric Hanushek, Jacob Light, Paul Peterson, Laura Talpey, Ludger Wößmann
      Education Finance and Policy 17 (4)
      608–640
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    • 2022
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Patience, Risk-Taking, and Human Capital Investment across Countries
      Eric Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Wößmann
      Economic Journal 132 (646)
      2290–2307
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    • 2022
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The Relevance of the German Excellence Initiative for Inequality in University Funding
      Lukas Mergele, Felix Winkelmayer
      Higher Education Policy 35 (49)
      789–807
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    • 2022
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Growing up in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency and Educational Attainment of Immigrant Children
      Alexander Danzer, Carsten Feuerbaum, Marc Piopiunik, Ludger Wößmann
      Journal of Population Economics 35(3)
      1297–1344
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    • 2022
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The Gender Pay Gap in University Student Employment
      Lukas Mergele, Larissa Zierow, Paul David Boll
      Empirical Economics 63 (4)
      2253–2313
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    • 2021
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The Effects of Language on Patience: An Experimental Replication Study of the Linguistic-Savings Hypothesis in Austria
      Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Philipp Lergetporer, Matthias Sutter
      Journal of the Economic Science Association 7 (1)
      88–97
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    • 2021
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Germany’s Education Policy During the COVID-19 Crisis
      Vera Freundl, Philipp Lergetporer, Larissa Zierow
      Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaften 31
      109-116
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    • 2021
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Instruction Time and Student Achievement: The Moderating Role of Teacher Qualifications
      Katharina Wedel
      Economics of Education Review 85
      102183
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    • 2021
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      COVID-19 and Educational Inequality: How School Closures Affect Low- and High-Achieving Students
      Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann, Larissa Zierow
      European Economic Review 140
      103920
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    • 2021
      Beitrag in referierter Zeitschrift
      Is Seeing Believing? How Americans and Germans Think about their Schools
      Michael B. Henderson, Philipp Lergetporer, Paul E. Peterson, Katharina Werner, Martin R. West, Ludger Wößmann
      Public Opinion and the Political Economy of Education Policy around the World.
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    • 2021
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Collective Intertemporal Decisions and Heterogeneity in Groups
      Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Philipp Lergetporer, Matthias Sutter
      Games and Economic Behavior 130
      131-147
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    • 2021
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Representative Evidence from Adults and Adolescents
      Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
      Economica 88 (351)
      624–670
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    • 2021
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Does the Education Level of Refugees Affect Natives’ Attitudes?
      Philipp Lergetporer, Marc Piopiunik, Lisa Simon
      European Economic Review 134
      103710
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    • 2020
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Do Party Positions Affect the Public's Policy Preferences? Experimental Evidence on Support for Family Policies
      Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
      Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 179
      523–543
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    • 2020
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Educational Inequality and Public Policy Preferences: Evidence From Representative Survey Experiments
      Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
      Journal of Public Economics 188, 104226
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    • 2020
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Skills, Signals, and Employability: An Experimental Investigation
      Marc Piopiunik, Guido Schwerdt, Lisa Simon, Ludger Wößmann
      European Economic Review 123, 103374
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    • 2020
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The Separation and Reunification of Germany: Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the Enduring Effects of Communism
      Sascha O. Becker, Lukas Mergele, Ludger Wößmann
      Journal of Economic Perspectives 34 (2)
      143-171
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    • 2020
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Information Provision and Preferences for Education Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments in three Countries
      Maria Cattaneo, Philipp Lergetporer, Guido Schwerdt, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann, Stefan C. Wolter
      European Journal of Political Economy 63, 101876
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    • 2020
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Discrimination at Young Age: Experimental Evidence from Preschool Children
      Parampreet Christopher Bindra, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Philipp Lergetporer
      Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 175
      55–70
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    • 2020
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Weak Markets, Strong Teachers: Recession at Career Start and Teacher Effectiveness
      Markus Nagler, Marc Piopiunik, Martin R. West
      Journal of Labor Economics 38 (2)
      453-500
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    • 2020
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Public employment services under decentralization: Evidence from a natural experiment
      Lukas Mergele, Michael Weber
      Journal of Public Economics 182, 104113
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    • 2020
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Students’ behavioural responses to a fallback option - Evidence from introducing interim degrees in german schools
      Natalie Obergruber, Larissa Zierow
      Economics of Education Review 75
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    • 2020
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      A Quantitative Look at the Economic Impact of the European Union's Educational Goals
      Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Wößmann
      Education Economics 28 (3)
      225-244
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    • 2019
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      How Did EU Membership of Eastern Europe Affect Student Achievement?
      Annika B. Bergbauer
      Education Economics 27 (6)
      624-644
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    • 2019
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The Value of Smarter Teachers: International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance
      Eric A. Hanushek, Marc Piopiunik, Simon Wiederhold
      Journal of Human Resources 54 (4)
      857-899
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    • 2019
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Facing the Life-Cycle Trade-off between Vocational and General Education in Apprenticeship Systems: An Economics-of-Education Perspective
      Ludger Wößmann
      Journal for Educational Research Online 11(1)
      31-46
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    • 2019
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Complex Ballot Propositions, Individual Voting Behavior, and Status quo Bias
      Zohal Hessami, Sven Resnjanskij
      European Journal of Political Economy, Volume 58
      82-101
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    • 2018
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      From dawn till dusk: Implications of full-day care for children's development
      Christina Felfe, Larissa Zierow
      Labour Economics 55
      259–281
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    • 2018
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Long-Term Relatedness between Countries and International Migrant Selection
      Jens Ruhose, Tim Krieger, Laura Renner
      Journal of International Economics 113
      35-54
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    • 2018
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      How Information Affects Support for Education Spending: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Germany and the United States
      Philipp Lergetporer, Guido Schwerdt, Martin R. West, Ludger Wößmann, Katharina Werner
      Journal of Public Economics 167
      138-157
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    • 2018
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Nation building: The role of central spending in education
      Francesco Cinnirella, Ruth Maria Schüler
      Explorations in Economic History 67
      18–39
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    • 2018
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Cultural Biases in Migration: Estimating Non-Monetary Migration Costs
      Oliver Falck, Alfred Lameli, Jens Ruhose
      Papers in Regional Science
      411-438
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    • 2018
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Social Interaction Determinants of South African Reading Literacy Achievement: Evidence from prePIRLS 2011
      Annika Barbara Bergbauer, Surette van Staden
      International Journal of Instruction 11 (2)
      555-568
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    • 2018
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Language group differences in time preferences: Evidence from primary school children in a bilingual city
      Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Philipp Lergetporer, Matthias Sutter
      European Economic Review 106
      21-34
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    • 2018
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Social Cohesion, Religious Beliefs, and the Effect of Protestantism on Suicide
      Sascha Becker, Ludger Wößmann
      Review of Economics and Statistics 100 (3)
      377-391
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    • 2018
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Public Opinion and the Political Economy of Educational Reforms: A Survey
      Marius R. Busemeyer, Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Wößmann
      European Journal of Political Economy 53
      161-185
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    • 2018
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Central Exit Exams Improve Student Outcomes
      Ludger Wößmann
      IZA World of Labor
      419 p.
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    • 2018
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Virtually No Effect? Different Uses of Classroom Computers and their Effect on Student Achievement
      Oliver Falck, Constantin Mang, Ludger Wößmann
      Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 80 (1)
      01-38
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    • 2017
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The Effects of Test-based Retention on Student Outcomes over Time: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida
      Guido Schwerdt, Martin R. West, Marcus A. Winters
      Journal of Public Economics 152
      154-169
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    • 2017
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The Selection of High-Skilled Emigrants
      Jens Ruhose, Matthias Parey, Fabian Waldinger, Nicolai Netz
      Review of Economics and Statistics 99 (5)
      776-792
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    • 2017
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Vocational vs. General Education and Employment over the Life-Cycle: New Evidence from PIAAC
      Franziska Hampf, Ludger Wößmann
      CESifo Economic Studies 63(3)
      255–269
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    • 2017
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Economic Gains from Educational Reform to US States
      Eric A. Hanushek, Jens Ruhose, Ludger Wößmann
      Journal of Human Capital 11 (4)
      447–486
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    • 2018
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Africa's Skill Tragedy: Does Teachers' Lack of Knowledge Lead to Low Student Performance?
      Jan Bietenbeck, Marc Piopiunik, Simon Wiederhold
      Journal of Human Resources 53 (3)
      553-578
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    • 2017
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Knowledge Capital and Aggregate Income Differences: Development Accounting for U.S. States
      Eric A. Hanushek, Jens Ruhose, Ludger Wößmann
      in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 9 (4)
      184-224
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    • 2017
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Education and Religious Participation: City-Level Evidence from Germany’s Secularization Period 1890-1930
      Sascha Becker, Markus Nagler, Ludger Wößmann
      in: Journal of Economic Growth 22 (3)
      273–311
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    • 2017
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The Role of Human Capital and Innovation in Economic Development: Evidence from Post-Malthusian Prussia
      Francesco Cinnirella, Jochen Streb
      in: Journal of Economic Growth 22 (2)
      193-227
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    • 2017
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Skills, earnings, and employment: exploring causality in the estimation of returns to skills
      Franziska Hampf, Simon Wiederhold, Ludger Wößmann
      Large Scale Assessments in Education 5 (12)
      01-30
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    • 2017
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Gender differences in discrimination emerge early in life: Evidence from primary school children in a bilingual city
      Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, E. Glenn Dutcher, Philipp Lergetporer, Matthias Sutter
      Economics Letters 152
      15-18
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    • 2017
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Coping with Change: International Differences in the Returns to Skills
      Eric A. Hanushek, Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold, Ludger Wößmann
      in: Economics Letters 153
      15-19
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    • 2017
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The Information Value of Central School Exams
      Guido Schwerdt, Ludger Wößmann
      Economics of Education Review 56
      65-79
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    • 2017
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Immigration, Regional Conditions, and Crime: Evidence from an Allocation Policy in Germany
      Marc Piopiunik, Jens Ruhose
      European Economic Review 92
      258-282
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    • 2016
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Differences in achievement between home language and language of learning in South Africa: Evidence from prePIRLS 2011
      Annika Barbara Bergbauer, Roel Bosker, Surette van Staden
      South African Journal of Childhood Education 6 (1)
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    • 2017
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Malthus in the Bedroom: Birth Spacing as Birth Control in Pre-Transition England
      Francesco Cinnirella, Marc Klemp, Jacob Weisdorf
      in: Demography 54 (2)
      413–436
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    • 2016
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Does Early Educational Tracking Increase Migrant-Native Achievement Gaps? Differences-in-Differences Evidence across Countries
      Jens Ruhose, Guido Schwerdt
      in: Economics of Education Review 52
      134–154
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    • 2017
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Life-Cycle
      Ludger Wößmann, Eric A. Hanushek, Guido Schwerdt, Lei Zhang
      Journal of Human Resources 52 (1)
      48-87
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    • 2016
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      The Importance of School Systems: Evidence from International Differences in Student Achievement
      Ludger Wößmann
      Journal of Economic Perspectives 30 (3)
      03-31
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    • 2016
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      It Pays to Improve School Quality
      Eric A. Hanushek, Jens Ruhose, Ludger Wößmann
      Education Next 16 (3)
      52-60
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    • 2016
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Landownership Concentration and the Expansion of Education
      Francesco Cinnirella, Erik Hornung
      in: Journal of Development Economics 121
      135-152
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    • 2016
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Does the Technological Content of Government Demand Matter for Private R&D? Evidence from US States
      Viktor Slavtchev, Simon Wiederhold
      in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 8 (2)
      45-84
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    • 2016
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Cooperation and discrimination within and across language borders: Evidence from children in a bilingual city
      Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Philipp Lergetporer, Matthias Sutter
      European Economic Review 90
      254-264
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    • 2016
      Contribution in Refereed Journal
      Team Building and Hidden Costs of Control
      Simon Wiederhold, Gerhard Riener
      in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 123
      01-18
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    • 2025
      Article in Journal
      Volkswirtschaftliche Erträge besserer Bildung: Projektionen aktueller Bildungsziele für Deutschland und die Bundesländer
      Ludger Wößmann, Katia Werkmeister
      ifo Schnelldienst digital, 2025, 6, Nr. 25
      01-13
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    • 2025
      Article in Journal
      Langfristige Auswirkungen von Religionsunterricht auf Religiosität und Arbeitsleben
      Benjamin W. Arold, Ludger Wößmann, Larissa Zierow
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2025, 78, Nr. 12
      41-45
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    • 2025
      Article in Journal
      Zwischen Likes und Lernen: Was Jugendliche und Erwachsene über Social Media denken; Ergebnisse des ifo Bildungsbarometers 2025
      Katharina Wedel, Vera Freundl, Franziska Pfaehler, Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2025, 78, Nr. 09
      37-57
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    • 2025
      Article in Journal EconPol EN
      Use It or Lose It: How Cognitive Skills Change with Age
      Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Frauke Witthöft, Ludger Woessmann
      EconPol Forum 26 (3)
      52-57
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    • 2025
      Article in Journal
      Schulische Verhaltensnoten sind bedeutungslos für Bildungserfolg und Berufseinstieg
      Florian Schoner, Larissa Zierow, Vera Freundl
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2025, 78, Nr. 07
      48-53
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    • 2025
      Article in Journal
      Kognitive Fähigkeiten können durch regelmäßige Anwendung im Alter erhalten bleiben
      Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Frauke Witthöft, Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2025, 78, Nr. 05
      58-59
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    • 2025
      Article in Journal
      Long-term inflation expectations of consumers: an overview
      Katia Werkmeister, Pedro Baptista, Colm Bates, Omiros Kouvavas, Justus Meyer
      ECB Economic Bulletin 3
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    • 2025
      Monograph (Authorship)
      Global Challenges in the Economics of Education: Basic Skills, Natural Disasters, and Civic Engagement
      Sarah Gust
      ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 109
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    • 2025
      Article in Journal
      Bildungsleistungen verbessern, Chancengerechtigkeit erhöhen
      Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2025, 78, Nr. 01
      27-32
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    • 2024
      Article in Journal
      Klimakrise im Klassenzimmer: Naturkatastrophen und ihre Folgen für die Bildung
      Sarah Gust
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2024, 77, Nr. 12
      40-42
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    • 2024
      Article in Journal
      Was weiß die deutsche Bevölkerung über Ungleichheiten im Zugang zu Kitas? Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen Befragung
      Johannes Baur, Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Fabian Mierisch, Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2024, 77, Nr. 10
      36-38
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    • 2024
      Article in Journal
      What consumers think is the main driver of recent inflation: changes in perceptions over time
      Katia Werkmeister, Pedro Baptista, Colm Bates, Omiros Kouvavas, Pedro Neves
      ECB Economic Bulletin 7
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    • 2024
      Article in Journal
      Meinungen zum Bildungssystem im Bundesländervergleich – Ergebnisse des ifo Bildungsbarometers 2024
      Katharina Werner, Vera Freundl, Franziska Pfaehler, Katharina Wedel, Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2024, 77, Nr. 09
      29-42
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    • 2024
      Monograph (Authorship)
      Bildung und sozialer Zusammenhalt
      Ludger Wößmann, Yvonne Anders, Bettina Hannover, Monika Jungsbauer-Gans, Dieter Lenzen, Nele McElveny, Tina Seidel, Rudolf Tippelt, Karl Wilbers
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    • 2024
      Paper in Academic Volume
      Erkenntnisse aus aktuellen Schulleistungsstudien zur Evaluation des Bildungssystems: Eine bildungsökonomische Perspektive
      Ludger Wößmann
      in: Becker, Michael / Gaspard, Hanna / Lauermann, Fani / McElvany, Nele / Ohle-Peters, Annika (Hrsg.): Evaluation des Bildungssystems
      9 - 32
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    • 2024
      Article in Journal
      Staatliche Ausgabenkürzungen schaden den Schülerleistungen
      Vera Freundl, Caterina Pavese, Enrico Rubolino
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2024, 77, Nr. 06
      25-29
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    • 2024
      Article in Journal EconPol EN
      Patience and the North-South Divide in Student Achievement in Italy and the United States
      Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Pietro Sancassani, Ludger Woessmann
      EconPol Forum 25 (3)
      53-56
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    • 2024
      Article in Journal
      Ungleiche Bildungschancen: Ein Blick in die Bundesländer
      Ludger Wößmann, Florian Schoner, Vera Freundl, Franziska Pfaehler
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2024, 77, Nr. 05
      49-62
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    • 2024
      Article in Journal EconPol EN
      A World Unprepared: Missing Skills for Development
      Sarah Gust, Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann
      EconPol Forum 25 (2)
      43-46
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    • 2024
      Article in Journal
      Wie Fahrräder die Bildungschancen von Mädchen in Entwicklungsländern verbessern können
      Moritz Seebacher
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2024, 77, Nr. 03
      33-38
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    • 2024
      Article in Journal
      Informationsbereitstellung zur Automatisierbarkeit von Berufen erhöht Weiterbildungsbereitschaft
      Vera Freundl, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Wedel, Katharina Werner
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2024, 77, Nr. 03
      39-43
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    • 2024
      Monograph (Authorship)
      Improving Educational Outcomes: Analyses of Interventions and Public Opinion
      Katharina Wedel
      ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 105
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    • 2024
      Article in Journal EconPol EN
      Mentoring Improves the School-to-work Transition of Disadvantaged Adolescents
      Sven Resnjanskij, Jens Ruhose, Katharina Wedel, Simon Wiederhold, Ludger Woessmann
      EconPol Forum 25 (1)
      25-28
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    • 2024
      Article in Journal
      Globale Bildungsdefizite: Wie fehlende Grundkompetenzen Entwicklungschancen hemmen
      Sarah Gust, Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2024, 77, Nr. 01
      31-34
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    • 2023
      Article in Journal
      Wie Kinder mit Migrationshintergrund vom Leistungsniveau ihrer Schulklasse beeinflusst werden
      Vera Freundl, Elena Meschi, Caterina Pavese
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2023, 76, Nr. 12
      32-37
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    • 2023
      Article in Journal
      Berufseinstieg als Wachstumsfaktor – wie wir Kompetenzen für die Zukunft aufbauen können
      Michael Kalinowski, Harald Pfeifer, Sven Resnjanskij, Jens Ruhose, Katharina Wedel, Simon Wiederhold, Ludger Wößmann, Andreas Schleicher, Andrea Nahles, Judith Saurer, Silke Anger, Adrian Lerche, Malte Sandner, Samuel Mühlemann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2023, 76, Nr. 12
      03-27
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    • 2023
      Article in Journal
      Frühkindliche Betreuung erhöht den Arbeitsmarkterfolg von Müttern ohne Abitur
      Henning Hermes, Marina Krauß, Philipp Lergetporer, Frauke Peter, Simon Wiederhold
      Wirtschaft im Wandel 29 (3)
      52-55
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    • 2023
      Article in Journal
      Was denken die Deutschen zu Chancenungleichheit im Bildungssystem?
      Katharina Werner, Vera Freundl, Franziska Pfaehler, Katharina Wedel, Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2023, 76, Nr. 11
      33-39
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    • 2023
      Article in Journal
      Wie unterscheidet sich das Meinungsbild zu Schulen zwischen den deutschen Regionen? Regionale Ergebnisse des ifo Bildungsbarometers 2023
      Katharina Werner, Vera Freundl, Franziska Pfaehler, Katharina Wedel, Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2023, 76, Nr. 10
      29-34
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    • 2023
      Article in Journal
      Was die Deutschen über die Qualität der Schulen denken – Ergebnisse des zehnten ifo Bildungsbarometers 2023
      Katharina Werner, Vera Freundl, Franziska Pfaehler, Katharina Wedel, Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2023, 76, Nr. 09
      37-50
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    • 2023
      Monograph (Authorship)
      Determinants and Consequences of Student Test Scores: Evidence from International, Big, and Text Data
      Pietro Sancassani
      ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 102
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    • 2023
      Monograph (Authorship)
      Culture, Feedback, and Gender in Education
      Lavinia Kinne
      ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 101
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    • 2023
      Article in Journal
      Sinkendes Leistungsniveau, hohe Chancenungleichheit – Stand und Handlungsoptionen für die deutsche Schulbildung
      Vera Freundl
      Wirtschaftsdienst 103 (4)
      233-237
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    • 2023
      Article in Journal
      Wie wirken sich fachspezifische Lehrkraftqualifikationen auf Schülerleistungen in den Naturwissenschaften aus?
      Vera Freundl, Pietro Sancassani
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2023, 76, Nr. 05
      23-28
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    • 2023
      Article in Journal
      Der Einfluss der Tagespflege auf die kindliche Entwicklung
      Larissa Zierow, Hanna Brosch, Katharina Heisig
      Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft
      299-318
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    • 2023
      Article in Journal
      Der ifo-„Ein Herz für Kinder“- Chancenmonitor: Wie (un-)gerecht sind die Bildungschancen von Kindern aus verschiedenen Familien in Deutschland verteilt?
      Ludger Wößmann, Florian Schoner, Vera Freundl, Franziska Pfaehler
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2023, 76, Nr. 04
      29-47
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    • 2023
      Article in Journal
      Was verhindert einen leistungssteigernden Wettbewerb im Bildungsföderalismus?
      Sebastian Blesse, Vera Freundl, Philipp Lergetporer, Justus Nover, Katharina Werner
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2023, 76, Nr. 04
      48-52
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    • 2023
      Monograph (Editorship)
      Handbook of the Economics of Education Vol. 6
      Eric A. Hanushek, Stephen J. Machin, Ludger Wößmann
      765 S.
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    • 2022
      Article in Journal
      Wie groß ist der Gender Gap? Anspruch und Wirklichkeit der Gleichstellungspolitik
      Andreas Peichl, Britta Rude, Michael Oberfichtner, Sarah Gust, Lavinia Kinne, Holger Rau, Miriam Beblo, Eva Markowsky, Marc J. Lerchenmüller, Christina Boll, Dana Müller, Simone Schüller, Laura Romeu Gordo, Julia Simonson
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2022, 75, Nr. 10
      03-35
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    • 2022
      Article in Journal
      Deutsche befürworten Weiterbildung, um mit dem Strukturwandel Schritt zu halten: Ergebnisse des ifo Bildungsbarometers 2022
      Katharina Werner, Vera Freundl, Franziska Kugler, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Wedel, Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2022, 75, Nr. 09
      56-69
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    • 2022
      Article in Journal
      Bildungspolitische Maßnahmen zur Integration der Geflüchteten aus der Ukraine – Was die Deutschen befürworten
      Vera Freundl, Franziska Kugler, Katharina Wedel, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2022, 75, Nr. 09
      70-74
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    • 2022
      Article in Journal
      Integrationsperspektive von ukrainischen Geflüchteten im deutschen Schulsystem
      Katja Michlbauer, Lukas Mergele
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2022, 75, Nr. 08
      29-34
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    • 2022
      Monograph (Authorship)
      School Curricula, Educational Trajectories, and Labor Market Outcomes
      Benjamin W. Arold
      ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 99
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    • 2022
      Article in Journal CESifo EN
      How does Instruction Time Affect Student Achievement? The Moderating Role of Teacher Qualifications
      Vera Freundl, Katharina Wedel
      CESifo Forum 23 (3)
      33-39
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    • 2022
      Article in Journal CESifo EN
      Religious Education in School Affects Students’ Lives in the Long Run
      Benjamin W. Arold, Ludger Woessmann, Larissa Zierow
      CESifo Forum 23 (3)
      40-43
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    • 2022
      Article in Journal
      Die Lohnlücke zwischen Frauen und Männern besteht bereits vor Abschluss des Studiums
      Paul David Boll, Lukas Mergele, Larissa Zierow
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2022, 75, Nr. 04
      66-69
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    • 2022
      Article in Journal CESifo EN
      The Austrian Pay Transparency Law and the Gender Wage Gap
      René Böheim, Sarah Gust
      CESifo Forum 23 (2)
      25-28
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    • 2021
      Article in Journal
      Europe’s Schools in the Coronavirus Pandemic – A Country Comparison
      Vera Freundl, Clara Stiegler, Larissa Zierow
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2021, 74, Nr. 12
      41-50
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    • 2021
      Article in Journal
      Individualism – Driving Cultural Force for Skills and Labor Market Success
      Katharina Hartinger, Sven Resnjanskij, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2021, 74, Nr. 12
      51-56
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    • 2021
      Article in Journal CESifo EN
      Will the Covid-19 Pandemic Leave a Lasting Legacy in Children’s Skill Development?
      Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Forum 22 (6)
      33-40
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    • 2021
      Article in Journal
      Education Policy to Address Societal Challenges During and After the Coronavirus
      Ludger Wößmann, Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2021, 74, Nr. 09
      27-40
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    • 2021
      Article in Journal
      Application Support Increases Daycare Enrollment of Children from Educationally Disadvantaged Families
      Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Frauke Peter, Simon Wiederhold, Vera Freundl, Olivia Wirth
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2021, 74, Nr. 09
      41-45
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    • 2021
      Monograph (Authorship)
      Human Capital and Education Policy: Evidence from Survey Data
      Elisabeth Grewenig
      ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 96
      01-275
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    • 2021
      Article in Journal CESifo EN
      Mentoring Improves the Labor-Market Prospects of Disadvantaged Adolescents
      Sven Resnjanskij, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold, Ludger Woessmann
      CESifo Forum 22 (4)
      38-43
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    • 2021
      Article in Journal CESifo EN
      “Corona Class of 2020”: A Lost Generation?
      Clara Albrecht, Vera Freundl, Lavinia Kinne, Tanja Stitteneder
      CESifo Forum 22 (4)
      53-58
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    • 2021
      Monograph (Authorship)
      Ökonomische Konsequenzen der Coronavirus-Pandemie – Diagnosen und Handlungsoptionen
      Dietman Harhoff, Eckhard Janeba, Dorothea Kübler, Nadine Riedel, Regina T. Riphahn, Christoph M. Schmidt, Moritz Schularick, Gert G. Wagner, Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Ludger Wößmann
      01-76
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    • 2021
      Article in Journal
      Education for Economic Growth and Equal Opportunities
      Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2021, 74, Nr. 07
      15-17
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    • 2021
      Article in Journal
      Does the Excellence Initiative Increase Financial Inequality Between Universities?
      Lukas Mergele, Felix Winkelmayer
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2021, 74, Nr. 06
      50-52
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    • 2021
      Article in Journal
      Education on Lockdown Again: How Did Schoolchildren Spend Their Time during the Early 2021 School Closures?
      Ludger Wößmann, Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Larissa Zierow
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2021, 74, Nr. 05
      36-52
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    • 2021
      Article in Journal
      Mentoring verbessert die Arbeitsmarktchancen von stark benachteiligten Jugendlichen
      Sven Resnjanskij, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold, Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2021, 74, Nr. 02
      31-38
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    • 2020
      Article in Journal
      Gleicht Schulbildung soziale Unterschiede aus?
      Lukas Mergele, Johanna Raith, Larissa Zierow
      Wirtschaftsdienst 100 (12)
      932–936
      Learn more
    • 2020
      Article in Journal
      How the Coronavirus Crisis May Improve Teacher Quality
      Markus Nagler, Marc Piopiunik, Martin R. West
      Education Next 20 (4)
      Learn more
    • 2020
      Article in Journal CESifo EN
      Sweden’s School Reforms to Postpone First Grade to Middle School: A Model?
      Truc Nguyen, Lukas Mergele, Larissa Zierow
      CESifo Forum 21 (4)
      33-36
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    • 2020
      Monograph (Editorship)
      New Directions in the Economics of Higher Education
      Ludger Wößmann, Eric (Hrsg.) Bettinger
      Learn more
    • 2020
      Article in Journal
      The Influence of Patience and Risk-Taking on International Differences in School Performance
      Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 10
      33-36
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    • 2020
      Article in Journal
      Patience, Risk-taking, and International Differences in Student AchievementMeasurement Counts: International Student Tests and Economic Growth
      Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Wößmann
      international-education.blog
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    • 2020
      Article in Journal
      Education in the Coronavirus Crisis: How Did Schoolchildren Spend Their Time When Schools Were Closed, and What Educational Measures Do the Germans Advocate?
      Ludger Wößmann, Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Larissa Zierow
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 09
      25-39
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    • 2020
      Article in Journal
      The Treuhandanstalt: An Empirical Stocktaking 30 Years after German Reunification
      Moritz Hennicke, Moritz Lubczyk, Lukas Mergele
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 09
      49-52
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    • 2020
      Article in Journal
      Germans Are in Favor of More Uniformity and Comparability in the Education System – Results of the ifo Education Barometer 2020
      Ludger Wößmann, Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 09
      40-48
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    • 2020
      Article in Journal
      Patience, Risk-taking, and International Differences in Student Achievement
      Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Wößmann
      VOX CEPR Policy Portal
      Learn more
    • 2020
      Article in Journal
      Was kostet es, nicht in Bildung zu investieren?
      Katharina Werner
      Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (APuZ) 51
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    • 2020
      Article in Journal
      Follow-up Costs of Not Learning: What We Can Learn from Research on Coronavirus-Related School Closures
      Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 06
      38-44
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    • 2020
      Article in Journal
      The Division and Reunification of Germany and the “Effects” of Communism
      Sascha O. Becker, Lukas Mergele, Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 05
      48-51
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    • 2020
      Monograph (Authorship)
      Bildung ermöglichen!
      Alexander M. Danzer, Danzer Natalia, Christina Felfe de Ormeno, Katharina Spieß, Simon Wiederhold, Ludger Wößmann
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    • 2020
      Article in Journal
      Extended Parental Leave in the GDR: Children Show Higher Life Satisfaction in the Long Run
      Katharina Heisig, Larissa Zierow
      ifo Dresden berichtet, 2020, 27, Nr. 2
      07-09
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    • 2020
      Article in Journal
      Kompletten Lernstopp verhindern
      Ludger Wößmann
      Wirtschaftsdienst: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 100 (4)
      Learn more
    • 2020
      Paper in Academic Volume
      Education, Knowledge Capital, and Economic Growth
      Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Wößmann
      in: S. Bradley, C. Green (Hrsg.), The Economics of Education: A Comprehensive Overview, Second Edition
      171-182
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    • 2020
      Paper in Academic Volume
      Empirical Methods in the Economics of Education
      Guido Schwerdt, Ludger Wößmann
      in: S. Bradley, C. Green (eds.), The Economics of Education: A Comprehensive Overview, Second Edition
      3-20
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    • 2020
      Article in Journal
      Job Center: Opting Municipalities Are Less Likely to Place the Unemployed in Employment
      Lukas Mergele, Michael Weber
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 02
      39-44
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    • 2020
      Monograph (Authorship)
      Education, Skills & Labor-Market Success: Microeconometric Analyses Using Large-Scale Skills Assessments
      Franziska Bernadette Hampf
      ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 89
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    • 2019
      Paper in Academic Volume
      Measuring the Impacts of Teachers II: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood
      Ludger Wößmann
      in: Bruno S. Frey und Christoph A. Schaltegger (Hrsg): 21st Century Economics: Economic Ideas You Should Read and Remember
      157–159
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    • 2019
      Paper in Academic Volume
      Education and Socio-Economic Development during the Industrialization
      Sascha O. Becker, Ludger Wößmann
      in: Claude Diebolt und Michael Haupert (Hrsg,): Handbook of Cliometrics
      online
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    • 2019
      Article in Journal
      The Achievement Gap Fails to Close
      Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, Laura M. Talpey, Ludger Wößmann
      Education Next 19 (3)
      8-17
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    • 2019
      Monograph (Authorship)
      Region und Bildung. Mythos Stadt – Land
      Hans-Dieter Daniel, Bettina Hannover, Olaf Köller, Dieter Lenzen, Nele McElvany, Hans-Günther Roßbach, Tina Seidel, Rudolf Tippelt, Ludger Wößmann
      Aktionsrat Bildung
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    • 2019
      Paper in Academic Volume
      Bildungserträge
      Franziska Kugler, Ludger Wößmann
      in: O. Köller, M. Hasselhorn, F.W. Hesse, K. Maaz, J. Schrader, H. Solga, Heike, C.K. Spieß, K. Zimmer (eds.), Das Bildungswesen in Deutschland: Bestand und Potenziale
      231-262
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    • 2019
      Paper in Academic Volume
      Bildungschancen als Schlüssel für den Wohlstand der Nationen
      Ludger Wößmann
      in: J. Allmendinger, O. Jarren, C. Kaufmann, H. Kriesi, D. Kübler (eds.), Zeitenwende: Kurze Antworten auf große Fragen der Gegenwart
      45-54
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    • 2020
      Article in Journal
      Do Smarter Teachers Make Smarter Students?
      Eric A. Hanushek, Marc Piopiunik, Simon Wiederhold
      Education Next 19 (2)
      Learn more
    • 2019
      Article in Journal
      Was die Deutschen über Bildungsungleichheit denken
      Elisabeth Grewenig, Sarah Kersten, Franziska Kugler, Philipp Lergetporer, Franziska Werner, Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2019, 72, Nr. 17
      03-17
      Learn more
    • 2019
      Monograph (Authorship)
      Conditions and Consequences of Education – Microeconometric Analyses
      Annika B. Bergbauer
      ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 86
      291 p.
      Learn more
    • 2019
      Article in Journal
      US Achievement Gaps Hold Steady in the Face of Substantial Policy Initiatives
      Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, Laura M. Talpey, Ludger Wößmann
      VOX CEPR Policy Portal
      Learn more
    • 2019
      Monograph (Authorship)
      Microeconometric Analyses on Determinants of Individual Labour Market Outcomes
      Lisa Simon
      ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 83
      257 S.
      Learn more
    • 2019
      Monograph (Authorship)
      The Role of Information for Public Preferences on Education – Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments
      Katharina Werner
      ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 82
      214 S.
      Learn more
    • 2018
      Article in Journal
      Humboldt Revisited: Bildung unter dem Joch von Wirtschaftlichkeit? (a conversation with Klaus Zierer and Rainer Stadler)
      Ludger Wößmann
      Zur Debatte – Themen der Katholischen Akademie in Bayern 48(3)
      33-36
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    • 2018
      Paper in Academic Volume
      Warum man das ökonomische Argument für Bildung nicht ignorieren darf
      Ludger Wößmann
      in: Kalaidos Bildungsgruppe (Hrsg.), Jahresbericht 2017: Bildung und Ökonomie
      21 S.
      Learn more
    • 2018
      Article in Journal
      Deutschland braucht ein gemeinsames Kernabitur
      Ludger Wößmann
      Forschung & Lehre 25(12)
      1029
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    • 2018
      Monograph (Authorship)
      Digitale Problemlösekompetenzen der Erwerbsbevölkerung und von Berufseinsteigern – Bayern im nationalen und internationalen Vergleich
      Alexandra Heimisch, Franziska Hampf
      Impulse für die Wirtschaftspolitik
      01-44
      Learn more
    • 2018
      Monograph (Authorship)
      Microeconometric Analysis of Individual and Institutional Determinants of Education and Occupational Choice
      Natalie Obergruber
      ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 80
      178 S.
      Learn more
    • 2018
      Monograph (Authorship)
      Digitale Souveränität und Bildung
      Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Wilfried Bos, Hans-Dieter Daniel, Bettina Hannover, Olaf Köller, Dieter Lenzen, Nele McElvany, Hans-Günther Roßbach, Tina Seidel, Rudolf Tippelt, Ludger Wößmann
      Aktionsrat Bildung
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    • 2018
      Article in Journal
      External Comparative Exams Improve Student Performance
      Annika Barbara Bergbauer, E.A. Hanushek, Ludger Wößmann
      ifo Schnelldienst, 2018, 71, Nr. 20
      16-19
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    • 2019
      Paper in Academic Volume
      Knowledge Capital and Economic Growth
      Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Wößmann
      Rolf Becker (ed.), Research Handbook on Sociology of Education
      Chap. 25
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    • All Further Publications

The data of the ifo Education Survey 2014-2021 can be requested from the EBDC.
EBDC Website

Publication

The ifo Education Survey 2014–2021: A New Dataset on Public Preferences for Education Policy in Germany
Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, Franziska Kugler, Philipp Lergetporer, Ruth Schüler, Katharina Wedel, Katharina Werner, Olivia Wirth, Ludger Wößmann
ifo Institute, Munich, 2022, ifo Working Paper No. 378 (Download)

    • Project
      Educational Choices, Market Design, and Student Outcomes
      Funded by:
      German Research Foundation
      Project duration:
      January 2017 - December 2028
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    • Project
      MARS: Mentoring for Disadvantaged Adolescents at Real Scale
      Funded by:
      VolkswagenStiftung
      Project duration:
      October 2025 - September 2030
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      Skills that Matter: Workplace Skills in a Changing World (SKILLS)
      Client:
      Leibniz Association
      Project duration:
      January 2026 - December 2028
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      Economic Literacy: Measurement, Decisions, and Policies
      Funded by:
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      Project duration:
      March 2024-February 2027
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      Long-term Labor-market Outcomes of Mentoring for Disadvantaged Adolescents
      Funded by:
      Fritz Thyssen Stiftung für Wissenschaftsförderung
      Project duration:
      November 2024-November 2026
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      The Opportunity Monitor by ifo and “A Heart for Children” 2026
      Client:
      BILD hilft e.V. „Ein Herz für Kinder“
      Project duration:
      Oktober 2025 - Mai 2026
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      International Comparative Education Policy Lab
      Funded by:
      Smith Richardson Foundation
      Project duration:
      October 2021 - December 2025
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      Quantifying the Economic Effects of Educational Policy Objectives
      Funded by:
      Bertelsmann Stiftung
      Project duration:
      April 2025 - November 2025
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      Education Policies to Empower People to Participate in the Social Market Economy in the Era of Digital Transformation
      Client:
      internal
      Project duration:
      April 2022 – März 2025
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    • Project
      The Opportunity Monitor by ifo and “A Heart for Children”
      Client:
      BILD hilft e.V. „Ein Herz für Kinder“
      Project duration:
      September 2022 - May 2024
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    • Project
      Efficiency and Equity in Education: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from School Reforms across German States (Effee)
      Funded by:
      Leibniz Association / Senate Committee Competition 2019
      Project duration:
      May 2019 - October 2022
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    • Project
      Outcomes and Causal Inference in International Comparative Assessments (OCCAM)
      Funded by:
      European Commission Horizon 2020 Framework
      Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network
      Project duration:
      August 2018 - January 2022
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    • Project
      Evaluating the Effectiveness of a 1:1 Mentoring Programme
      Funded by:
      Commissioner of the Federal Government for Migration, Refugees and Integration, and a consortium of non-profit foundations
      Project duration:
      June 2015 - March 2021
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    • Project
      European Expert Network on Economics of Education (EENEE)
      Client:
      European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture
      Project duration:
      December 2009 - December 2020
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    • Project
      How Does Reducing the Intensity of Tracking Affect Student Achievement and Equity? Evidence from German State Reforms
      Funded by:
      German Research Foundation
      Project duration:
      July 2018 - July 2020
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    • Project
      Acquisition and Utilisation of Adult Skills – A Network for Analysing, Developing and Disseminating PIAAC
      Funded by:
      Leibniz Association
      Project duration:
      2015 - 2018
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    • Project
      Teacher Effectiveness and its Determinants in Germany: An In-Depth Analysis
      Funded by:
      German Research Foundation
      Project duration:
      October 2015 - September 2018
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    • Project
      Accountability and School Institutions in Cross-Country Perspective
      Funded by:
      Smith Richardson Foundation
      Project duration:
      October 2016 - September 2018
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    • Project
      Digital Problem-Solving Skills of the Workforce and Career Entrants – Bavaria by National and International Comparison
      Client:
      Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria
      Project duration:
      October 2017 - September 2018
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    • Project
      The Accumulation of Human Capital and the Transition from Malthusian Stagnation to Modern Economic Growth
      Client:
      Internal (Habilitation Project)
      Project duration:
      March 2008 - May 2018
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    • Project
      Exit Exams as a Governance Instrument in the School System: The Importance of School-Leaving Grades for the Hiring Decisions of Firms
      Funded by:
      Federal Ministry of Education and Research
      Project duration:
      2014 - 2017
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    • Project
      The Political Economy of Education Policy: Insights from a Public Opinion Survey
      Client:
      Leibniz Association
      Project duration:
      January 2014 - December 2017
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    • Project
      Calculation of Returns on Education in Germany
      Client:
      Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH
      Project duration:
      December 2015 – March 2017
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    • Project
      The Effects of Cultural Diversity on Innovation and Public Provision of Schooling: Evidence from Nineteenth Century Prussia
      Funded by:
      German Research Foundation
      Project duration:
      February 2015 - January 2017
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    • Project
      National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)
      Client:
      Federal Ministry of Education and Research (2008-2013), Leibniz Institute for Education Tracks (2013-2016)
      Project duration:
      2008 - 2016
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    • Project
      Comparing Graduates of Universities of Applied Sciences to Graduates of Universities: R&D Activities, Labour Market Outcomes, Competences, and Mobility
      Client:
      Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation
      Project duration:
      February 2016 - August 2016
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    • Project
      Central Exit Exams as a Governance Instrument in the School System: Labor-Market Effects, Transmission Channels and Effect Heterogeneity
      Funded by:
      Federal Ministry of Education and Research
      Project duration:
      Oktober 2010 - Dezember 2013
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The ifo Center for the Economics of Education examines the determinants and consequences of education from an economic perspective. Education has proven to be pivotal for the future prosperity of individuals and economies, as well as for equity and participation in society. To craft policies for economic well-being, it is therefore crucial to comprehend the factors that affect education and how various skills and degrees impact life outcomes. Organized into the following four areas, the Center’s research endeavors to enhance our understanding of how the state can shape educational institutions to empower people to harness the potential of a social market economy in light of contemporary challenges.

Education and Individual Outcomes: Skills, Labor Markets, and Well-Being

The Center investigates the role of education for individual opportunities on the labor market and in everyday life. It analyzes how various skills affect employability and social participation in a rapidly changing world. This includes aspects of vocational education and lifelong learning to cope with the digital transformation.

Education and Sustainable Development: Growth, Inequality, and Cohesion

The Center also delves into how education impacts the prosperity of society at large and long-run economic development. It analyzes the role played by student achievement in economic growth, equality of opportunity, and social cohesion. It also scrutinizes the role of education in historical economic development and its enduring effects.

Determinants of Education: Culture, Resources, and Institutions

The Center studies the factors affecting educational performance, particularly 1) cultural factors such as family, values, and norms, 2) educational resources, and 3) institutional structures of education systems. The research frequently draws upon extensive micro data from international student assessments. Topics encompass the role of patience, integration of children with migration backgrounds, teacher effectiveness, digital learning methods, assessment systems, mentoring programs, and the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Governance of Education: Efficiency, Equity, and Policy Preferences

The Center scrutinizes how elements of the political governance of education systems such as examination systems, autonomy, competition, and tracking affect educational success and equity. It also investigates the feasibility of policy reforms and their acceptance among the population, utilizing an annual opinion survey on education policy. The evaluation of policies using (quasi-) experimental methods aims to infuse evidence-based policy advice into the political decision-making process.

The ifo Education Survey was developed by the ifo Center for the Economics of Education as part of the project “The political economy of education policy: Insights from an opinion survey” funded by the Leibniz Association. The ifo Education Survey is based on an annual public opinion survey of several thousand individuals who constitute a representative sample of Germany’s adult population.

ifo Education Survey

The ifo Prussian Economic History Database (iPEHD) is a county-level database covering a rich collection of variables for all counties of Prussia during the 19th century. The Royal Prussian Statistical Office collected these data in a number of censuses over the period 1816-1901, with much county-level information surviving in the archives. These data provide a unique treasure for unprecedented micro-regional empirical research in economic history, analyzing the importance of such factors as education, religion, fertility, and many others for the economic development of Prussia in the 19th century. The service of iPEHD is to provide the data in a digitized and structured way.

iPEHD (ifo Prussian Economic History Database)

Prof. Sascha O. Becker, Ph.D., University of Warwick

Prof. Eric A. Hanushek, Ph.D., Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Prof. Dr. Philipp Lergetporer, TUM School of Management (Campus Heilbronn)

Prof. Dr. Guido Schwerdt, University of Konstanz

Prof. Dr. Katharina Werner, Pforzheim University

Prof. Martin West, Ph.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education

Prof. Dr. Simon Wiederhold, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)

Prof. Dr. Larissa Zierow, Hochschule Reutlingen

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ifo Center for the Economics of Education
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Ulrike Baldi-Cohrs
Frauke Baumeister
Alexander Bertermann
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Franziska Binder
Dr. Raphael Brade
Buse Nur Caba
Vera Freundl
Sofía Gómez
Prof. Dr. Henning Hermes
Katharina Holzheu
Caterina Pavese, Ph.D.
Franziska Pfaehler
Florian Schoner
Moritz Seebacher
Dr. Simon ter Meulen
Maddalena Totarelli
Olesia Tsaberiaba
Cäcilia vom Baur Ph.D.
Dr. Katharina Wedel
Katia Werkmeister
Anke Windisch
Prof. Dr. Ludger Wößmann
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