Mobilisierung alternativer Finanzressourcen: Erfahrungen mit der Einführung von Studiengebühren

Hans-Georg Petersen

No 58, Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge from Universität Potsdam, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Abstract: The paper sheds some light on the financial structures of higher education in Germany. Recently in several member states of Germany tuition fees have been introduced. Chapter II describes the current situation in Germany, the financial structures in the OECD countries and sheds some light on the higher education costs as well as parts to be borne by the public and private sector. Chapter III discussed the distributional impacts of the current German system and adds some information on the education returns in Germany in the post war period. 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.

Keywords: education return; tuition fees; tertiary education; vocational education; higher education costs; human capital; lifetime income; income contingent loans (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 D14 H81 I21 I22 I28 J13 J24 J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-09
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