TY  - JOUR
A1  - Helbig, Marcel
A1  - Baier, Tina
A1  - Kroth, Anna
T1  - The Effect of Tuition Fees on Enrollment in Higher Education in Germany.
 Evidence from a Natural Experiment
JF  - ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIOLOGIE
N2  - In this paper we estimate the effect of tuition fees on the intentions of high school graduates in Germany to enroll in higher education. Based on representative survey data collected by the HIS institute between 2002 and 2008, we are able to analyze the effect of tuition fees using a quasi-experimental design. We take advantage of the variation between the German federal states in the introduction of tuition fees to examine the impact of tuition fees and employ a difference-in-differences estimation strategy. We do not find empirical evidence that tuition fees lower the intentions to enroll in higher education among high school graduates. This holds true for both the whole sample and for different subgroups, such as women or high school graduates with no family background of higher education.
KW  - Social Inequality
KW  - Educational Inequality
KW  - Tuition Fees
KW  - Transition to Higher Education
KW  - Natural Experiment
KW  - Difference-in-Differences
KW  - Causal Inference
KW  - HIS School Leaver Survey
Y1  - 2012
SN  - 0340-1804
VL  - 41
IS  - 3
SP  - 227
EP  - 246
PB  - LUCIUS LUCIUS VERLAG MBH
CY  - STUTTGART
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sawert, Tim
T1  - Dead Languages as an Profitable Investment?
JF  - Zeitschrift für Soziologie
N2  - How does the selection of a classical language at school affect prospects on the labor market? Even though research on the impact of horizontal educational inequalities on labor market outcomes has become prominent recently, this question has not yet attracted scholarly attention. Based on several differing approaches (Human Capital Theory, Signaling Theory, Homophily Principle), hypotheses are derived about the impact of the language profile at school on labor market prospects at career entry. To test these assumptions, a field experiment was conducted in which applications were submitted in response to job advertisements. Results show that choosing Latin and Ancient Greek has a positive impact on the chances of being invited to a job interview.
KW  - Social Inequality
KW  - Career Entry
KW  - Horizontal Educational Inequality
KW  - Discrimination
KW  - Field Experiment
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1515/zfsoz-2015-1020
SN  - 0340-1804
VL  - 45
SP  - 340
EP  - 356
PB  - Lucius & Lucius
CY  - Stuttgart
ER  -