Education return and financing

  • The paper sheds some light on the education returns in Germany in the post war period. After describing higher education in Germany the current stand of higher education financing within the single states is presented. In six states tuition fees will be introduced in 2007/08 and discussions are going on in even some more. In the second part of the paper an empirical analysis is done using longitudinal data from the German social pension system. The analysis over the whole lifecycle renders results which proof that the higher education advantages are quite remarkable and might be a justification for more intensified financing by tuition fees. But all this has to be embedded into an encompassing strategy of tax and social policy, especially to prevent a strengthened process of social selection, which would be counterproductive for an increased and highly qualified human capital in Germany.

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Author details:Hans-Georg Petersen, Markus Kirchner
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-26969
ISSN:1864-1431
ISSN:0948-7549
Subtitle (English):donated affluence as consequence of tuition free study programs in Germany
Publication series (Volume number):Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge (55)
Publication type:Working Paper
Language:English
Publication year:2008
Publishing institution:Universität Potsdam
Release date:2008/11/28
Tag:education return; human capital; income contingent loans; lifetime income; tertiary education; tuition fees; vocational education
RVK - Regensburg classification:QL 000 , QL 200
Organizational units:Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Wirtschaftswissenschaften
DDC classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
JEL classification:D Microeconomics / D1 Household Behavior and Family Economics
D Microeconomics / D1 Household Behavior and Family Economics / D14 Personal Finance
H Public Economics / H8 Miscellaneous Issues / H81 Governmental Loans, Loan Guarantees, Credits, and Grants
I Health, Education, and Welfare / I2 Education and Research Insititutions / I21 Analysis of Education
I Health, Education, and Welfare / I2 Education and Research Insititutions / I22 Educational Finance
I Health, Education, and Welfare / I2 Education and Research Insititutions / I28 Government Policy
J Labor and Demographic Economics / J1 Demographic Economics / J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J Labor and Demographic Economics / J2 Demand and Supply of Labor / J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J Labor and Demographic Economics / J2 Demand and Supply of Labor / J26 Retirement; Retirement Policies
License (German):License LogoKeine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz
External remark:Lecture hold at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, 9 October 2007
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