1. Refereed Journal // 2007

    PISA: What Makes the Difference? Explaining the Gap in Test Scores between Finland and Germany

    The large difference in the level and variance of student performance in the 2000 PISA study between Finland and Germany motivates this paper. It analyses why Finnish students showed a significantly higher…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2007

    Welfare Analysis of Fiscal Reforms: Does the Representation of the Family Decision Process Matter? Evidence for Germany

    We compare results of a tax reform analysis obtained with the collective and unitary models of household behaviour. We simulate real world microdata by means of a collective approach, using a compound procedure…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2007

    The Returns to Continuous Training in Germany: New Evidence from Propensity Score Matching Estimators

    The present paper examines the wage effects of continuous training programs using individual-level data from the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP). In order to account for selectivity in training participation…