TY - JOUR A1 - Meyer, André A1 - Richter, Eric A1 - Richter, Dirk A1 - Gronostaj, Anna T1 - Professionalisierung von Schulleitungen am Beispiel der Werkstatt „Schule leiten“ T1 - Evaluation of the professional development program “Schule leiten” [“School Leadership”] for principals BT - Evaluationsergebnisse einer Fortbildungsreihe für Schulleitungen zum Thema Schulentwicklung BT - results from a program on school improvement JF - Die deutsche Schule N2 - Empirische Studien und schulische Rechtsvorschriften betonen die Relevanz von Schulleiter*innen für die Schulentwicklung. Auf diese Aufgabe müssen Schulleiter*innen in Aus- und Fortbildungen vorbereitet werden. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht in einem längsschnittlichen Design Effekte der Fortbildungsreihe Werkstatt „Schule leiten“. Die Teilnehmer*innen bewerten die Werkstatt zumeist positiv und es zeigen sich geringe bis moderate Veränderungen in ihrem selbstberichteten beruflichen Handeln. Schulleiter*innen mit wenigen Jahren Leitungserfahrung berichten dabei über die größten Zuwächse. Der Beitrag diskutiert Implikationen für die Forschung und Fortbildung von Schulleiter*innen. N2 - Empirical studies and legal documents of school law highlight the importance of principals for school improvement. Professional development (PD) needs to be provided for principals in this field accordingly. This longitudinal study investigates effects of a PD program addressing principals’ self-reported skills that are related to school improvement. Participants are highly satisfied with the PD program and they report small to moderate changes of their leadership behaviour. Principals with little experience on the job report higher gains of their leadership than highly experienced principals. Implications for future research and professional development are discussed. KW - Schulleitungsfortbildung KW - Evaluation KW - Wirkungen von Fortbildungen KW - Längsschnittstudie KW - principal professional development KW - evaluation research KW - ffects of professional developmen KW - longitudinal study KW - multiple regression Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www.waxmann.com/artikelART104135 U6 - https://doi.org/10.31244/dds.2020.03.03 SN - 0012-0731 SN - 2699-5379 VL - 112 IS - 3 SP - 277 EP - 295 PB - Waxmann CY - Münster ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Caliendo, Marco A1 - Künn, Steffen A1 - Mahlstedt, Robert T1 - The return to labor market mobility BT - an evaluation of relocation assistance for the unemployed JF - Journal of Public Economics N2 - In many European countries, labor markets are characterized by high regional disparities in terms of unemployment rates on the one hand and low geographical mobility among the unemployed on the other hand. In order to counteract the geographical mismatch of workers, the German active labor market policy offers a subsidy covering moving costs to incentivize unemployed job seekers to search/accept jobs in distant regions. Based on administrative data, this study provides the first empirical evidence on the impact of this subsidy on participants' prospective labor market outcomes. We use an instrumental variable approach to take endogenous selection based on observed and unobserved characteristics into account when estimating causal treatment effects. We find that unemployed job seekers who participate in the subsidy program and move to a distant region receive higher wages and find more stable jobs compared to non-participants. We show that the positive effects are (to a large extent) the consequence of a better job match due to the increased search radius of participants. KW - Evaluation KW - Active labor market policy KW - Labor market mobility KW - Instrumental variable approach Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2017.02.008 SN - 0047-2727 VL - 148 SP - 136 EP - 151 PB - Elsevier CY - Lausanne ER - TY - THES A1 - Meyer, André T1 - Das berufliche Handeln schulischer Führungskräfte und dessen Beitrag für Prozesse der Schulentwicklung N2 - Schulleitungen nehmen eine zentrale Rolle bei der Weiterentwicklung der schulischen Qualität ein. Hierfür existieren Hinweise empirischer Untersuchungen, die Schulleitungen attestieren, dass ihr berufliches Handeln im direkten Zusammenhang mit Strukturen und Prozessen der schulischen Arbeit und mit Merkmalen auf Ebene der Lehrkräfte steht (z.B. Berufszufriedenheit, professionelle Weiterentwicklung; Kim & Lee, 2020; Liu, Keeley, Sui & Sang, 2021). Über diese Zusammenhänge steht das Führungshandeln von Schulleitungen in einer indirekten Beziehung mit der Qualität des Unterrichts sowie mit den Leistungen von Schüler*innen (z.B. Grissom, Egalite & Lindsay, 2021; Özdemir, Gün & Yirmibes, 2021; Pietsch, Lücken, Thonke, Klitsche & Musekamp, 2016). Im Rahmen der schulischen Entwicklung tragen Schulleitungen wesentlich dazu bei, die Entwicklungsbedarfe der Schule zu identifizieren, konkrete Zielstellungen zu definieren sowie entsprechende Maßnahmen zur Erreichung dieser Ziele zu planen, zu implementieren und zu evaluieren (vgl. Dalin, Rolff & Buchen, 1998). In all diese Prozesse können Schulleitungen weitere Mitglieder ihres Leitungsteams sowie Lehrkräfte involvieren und ihnen somit indirekt Führungsverantwortung übertragen (Heck & Hallinger, 2010). Auch aus normativer Perspektive nehmen Schulleitungen eine wichtige Funktion für die schulische Qualität ein. So verfügen sie neben Aufgaben der Administration und Verwaltung der Schule auch zunehmend über die Verantwortung, die schulische Qualität weiterzuentwickeln (Schratz, Wiesner, Kemethofer, George, Rauscher, Krenn & Huber, 2016). In Anbetracht der hohen Relevanz schulischen Führungshandelns für die Schulentwicklung, müssen Schulleitungen über die Kompetenzen zur Ausübung entsprechender Tätigkeiten verfügen. Diese können sie im Zuge einer vorbereitenden Ausbildung sowie durch Angebote der berufsbegleitenden Fort- und Weiterbildung erwerben. Die vorliegende Dissertation schließt an bestehende Forschungsarbeiten an und untersucht mithilfe von insgesamt vier Teilstudien, (1) über welche Aufgaben Schulleitungen hinsichtlich der Schulentwicklung verfügen, (2) wie ihr Handeln mit der Kooperation von Lehrkräften zusammenhängt, (3) wie sie die Zusammenarbeit von Lehrkräften im Rahmen der Schulentwicklung fördern können und (4) wie Schulleitungen auf Tätigkeiten der Schulentwicklung im Rahmen einer Fortbildung vorbereitet werden können. Insgesamt unterstreichen die vier Teilstudien in vielfältiger Weise die Relevanz von Schulleitungen und ihrem beruflichen Handeln für Strukturen und Prozesse der Schulentwicklung. Die Befunde können zeigen, inwiefern Schulleitungen über Aufgaben im Bereich der Schulentwicklung verfügen, wir ihr Handeln mit der Partizipation und Zusammenarbeit und von Lehrkräften im Rahmen der Schulentwicklung zusammenhängt und wie Schulleitungen auf Tätigkeiten der Schulentwicklung im Kontext von Fortbildungen vorbereitet werden können. Diesen Befunden sollte in Zukunft Rechnung getragen werden, indem Schulleitungen einerseits mehr Zeiten und Möglichkeiten für Tätigkeiten der Schulentwicklung eingeräumt werden. Anderseits betonen die Befunde die hohe Relevanz grundständig ausgebildeter Schulleitungen, um die Qualität der schulischen Arbeit längerfristig und eigenverantwortlich weiterentwickeln zu können. Dies sollte im Rahmen der Aus- und Fortbildung von Schulleitungen berücksichtigt werden. KW - Schulleitungen KW - Schulleitungshandeln KW - Schulentwicklung KW - Fortbildung KW - Evaluation Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Warschburger, Petra A1 - Zitzmann, Jana T1 - The efficacy of a universal school-based prevention program for eating disorders among German adolescents BT - results from a randomized-controlled trial JF - Journal of youth and adolescence : a multidisciplinary research publication N2 - Disordered eating is highly prevalent during adolescence and has a detrimental effect on further development. Effective prevention programs are needed to prevent unhealthy developmental trajectories. This study evaluated the efficacy of the POPS-program (POtsdam Prevention at Schools), a universal school-based eating disorder prevention program for adolescents. In a cluster-randomized design, we compared the intervention group receiving the prevention program to a waiting control group. Outcomes included indicators of disordered eating and relevant risk factors for eating disorders (body dissatisfaction, internalization of the thin ideal, perceived media pressure, perfectionism, emotional element of exercise, social comparison, and perceived teasing). Questionnaires were administered at the start of the intervention, 3 and 12 months post intervention. At baseline, 1112 adolescents aged 10 to 16 years participated (49% girls; 51% intervention group). Intention-to-treat analyses with the complete data set and per-protocol analyses as a completer analysis were performed. The intervention group showed a more favorable course compared to the control group regarding all observed risk factors for eating disorders except for perceived teasing. Effect sizes were small but comparable to other primary prevention programs. At 1-year follow-up, a small but significant effect on disordered eating was observed. Results of the per-protocol analyses were mostly confirmed by the intention-to-treat analyses. Results were promising for both genders although girls benefited more regarding disordered eating and internalization of the thin ideal. Further studies are warranted examining successful program elements and whether gender-specific programs are needed. KW - Eating disorders KW - Evaluation KW - Primary prevention KW - Adolescents KW - School-based KW - RCT Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0852-3 SN - 0047-2891 SN - 1573-6601 VL - 47 IS - 6 SP - 1317 EP - 1331 PB - Springer CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Caliendo, Marco A1 - Kuenn, Steffen A1 - Weißenberger, Martin T1 - Personality traits and the evaluation of start-up subsidies JF - European economic review N2 - Many countries support business start-ups to spur economic growth and reduce unemployment with different programmes. Evaluation studies of such programmes commonly rely on the conditional independence assumption (CIA), allowing a causal interpretation of the results only if all relevant variables affecting participation and success are accounted for. While the entrepreneurship literature has emphasised the important role of personality traits as predictors for start-up decisions and business success, these variables were neglected in evaluation studies so far due to data limitations. In this paper, we evaluate a new start-up subsidy for unemployed individuals in Germany using propensity score matching under the CIA. Having access to rich administrative-survey data allows us to incorporate usually unobserved personality measures in the evaluation and investigate their impact on the estimated effects. We find strong positive effects on labour market reintegration and earned income for the new programme. Most importantly, results including and excluding individuals׳ personalities do not differ significantly, implying that concerns about potential overestimation of programme effects in the absence of personality measures might be less justified if the set of other control variables is rich enough. KW - Start-up subsidies KW - Evaluation KW - Self-employment KW - Personality KW - Treatment effects Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.11.008 SN - 0014-2921 SN - 1873-572X VL - 86 SP - 87 EP - 108 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Caliendo, Marco A1 - Hogenacker, Jens A1 - Kuenn, Steffen A1 - Wiessner, Frank T1 - Subsidized start-ups out of unemployment: a comparison to regular business start-ups JF - Small business economics : an international journal N2 - Offering unemployed individuals a subsidy to become self-employed is a widespread active labor market policy strategy. Previous studies have illustrated its high effectiveness to help participants escaping unemployment and improving their labor market prospects compared to other unemployed individuals. However, the examination of start-up subsidies from a business perspective has only received little attention to date. Using a new dataset based on a survey allows us to compare subsidized start-ups out of unemployment with regular business founders, with respect to not only personal characteristics but also business outcomes. The results indicate that previously unemployed entrepreneurs face disadvantages in variables correlated with entrepreneurial ability and access to capital. Nineteen months after start-up, the subsidized businesses experience higher survival, but lag behind regular business founders in terms of income, business growth and innovation. Moreover, we show that expected deadweight effects related to start-up subsidies occur on a (much) lower scale than usually assumed. KW - Entrepreneurship KW - Start-up subsidies KW - Evaluation KW - Deadweight effects KW - Innovation Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-015-9646-0 SN - 0921-898X SN - 1573-0913 VL - 45 IS - 1 SP - 165 EP - 190 PB - Springer CY - Dordrecht ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Caliendo, Marco A1 - Künn, Steffen T1 - Getting back into the labor market: the effects of start-up subsidies for unemployed females JF - Journal of population economics N2 - Low female labor market participation is a problem many developed countries have to face. Beside activating inactive women, one possible solution is to support the re-integration of unemployed women. Due to female-specific labor market constraints (preferences for flexible working hours, discrimination), this is a difficult task, and the question arises whether active labor market policies (ALMP) are an appropriate tool to help. It has been shown that the effectiveness of traditional (ALMP) programs-which focus on the integration in dependent (potentially inflexible) employment-is positive but limited. At the same time, recent evidence for Austria shows that these programs reduce fertility which might be judged unfavorable from a societal perspective. Promoting self-employment among unemployed women might therefore be a promising alternative. Starting their own business might give women more independence and flexibility to reconcile work and family and increase labor market participation. Based on long-term informative data, we find that start-up programs persistently integrate former unemployed women into the labor market, and the impact on fertility is less detrimental than for traditional ALMP programs. KW - Start-up subsidies KW - Evaluation KW - Long-term effects KW - Female labor-force participation KW - Fertility Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-015-0540-5 SN - 0933-1433 SN - 1432-1475 VL - 28 IS - 4 SP - 1005 EP - 1043 PB - Springer CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Caliendo, Marco A1 - Kuenn, Steffen T1 - Regional effect heterogeneity of start-up subsidies for the unemployed JF - Regional studies N2 - Sin embargo, todavia no se han analizado los efectos potencialmente heterogeneos de los programas para proyectos empresariales en los diferentes mercados laborales de ambito regional. Las restricciones en la demanda de empleo en areas mas desfavorecidas generalmente hacen aumentar el numero de personas que aprovechan estos programas porque las ofertas laborales son limitadas. Sin embargo, la supervivencia de empresas en estas areas es tambien mas baja, de modo que sigue sin estar claro el efecto general. Basandonos en datos alemanes, observamos que el proceso de creacion, el desarrollo de negocios y la eficacia de los programas estan influenciados por las condiciones economicas imperantes en el momento de la creacion de la empresa. KW - Start-up subsidies KW - Evaluation KW - Effect heterogeneity KW - Regional effects KW - Self-employment KW - Subventions de demarrage KW - Evaluation KW - Effet heterogene KW - Effets regionaux KW - Travail independant KW - Existenzgrundungszuschusse KW - Bewertung KW - Heterogenitat von Effekten KW - Regionale Auswirkungen KW - Selbststandigkeit KW - Subvenciones a proyectos empresariales KW - Evaluacion KW - Heterogeneidad del efecto KW - Efectos regionales KW - Empleo autonomo KW - C14 KW - J68 KW - L26 KW - R11 Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2013.851784 SN - 0034-3404 SN - 1360-0591 VL - 48 IS - 6 SP - 1108 EP - 1134 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group CY - Abingdon ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zender, Raphael A1 - Metzler, Richard A1 - Lucke, Ulrike T1 - FreshUP-A pervasive educational game for freshmen JF - Pervasive and mobile computing N2 - Students beginning their studies at university face manifold problems such as orientation in a new environment and organizing their courses. This article presents the implementation and successful empirical evaluation of the pervasive browser-based educational game "FreshUP", which aims at helping to overcome the initial difficulties of freshmen. In contrast to a conventional scavenger hunt, mobile pervasive games like FreshUP, bridging in-game and real world activities, have the potential to provide help in a motivating manner using new technology which is currently becoming more and more common. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. KW - Pervasive game KW - Campus KW - Freshmen KW - e-learning KW - Mobile devices KW - SOA KW - Evaluation Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmcj.2013.09.003 SN - 1574-1192 SN - 1873-1589 VL - 14 SP - 47 EP - 56 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seyfried, Markus T1 - Problems and methods of quality evaluation in different policy fields JF - Zeitschrift für Evaluation N2 - This article distinguishes methodological problems in quality evaluation and measurement in two policy fields, namely higher education and public broadcasting. Both are characterized by similar external and internal basic conditions and are thus suitable for comparative research. The difficulties of quality measurement and evaluation are discussed with respect to three main features: (1) definition of quality, (2) operationalization of quality and (3) interpretation of quality. Furthermore the identified difficulties in both areas are not always the same, because they depend on different research criteria. Thus the debates of quality measurement and evaluation in higher education and public broadcasting can learn from each other and increase the understanding of quality measurement in general. In addition the comparative design provides opportunities for the development of methods and perspectives. KW - Quality-Measurement KW - Evaluation KW - Higher Education KW - Public Broadcasters Y1 - 2012 SN - 1619-5515 VL - 11 IS - 2 SP - 209 EP - 232 PB - Waxmann CY - Münster ER -