Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/39684 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge No. 55
Publisher: 
Universität Potsdam, Lehrstuhl Finanzwissenschaft, Potsdam
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
Education return
tuition fees
tertiary education
vocational education
human capital
lifetime income
income contingent loans
JEL: 
D1
D14
H81
I21
I22
I28
J13
J24
J26
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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