Educational decisions and inequality: Studies in the economics of education / vorgelegt von Kevin Jan Zuchanek, M.Sc. Wuppertal, März 2026
Inhalt
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Costs of Losing Admission Lotteries – The Transition From Primary to Secondary School in Bremen
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Student Matching in the Federal State of Bremen
- 2.3 Effects of Matching Assignments
- 2.4 Data
- 2.5 Empirical Strategy
- 2.6 Results
- 2.6.1 Main Findings
- 2.6.2 Effect Heterogeneity
- 2.6.3 Non-Compliance and Private Schools
- 2.6.4 Odds of Experiencing Costs of Lottery Losses
- 2.7 Robustness Checks
- 2.8 Conclusion
- 2.9 Appendix I
- 3 Bridging Language Gaps: Native Language School Assignment Information under Immediate Acceptance
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Institutional Background
- 3.2.1 The School System and Student Allocation in the Federal State of Bremen
- 3.2.2 Translation of School Assignment Information
- 3.3 Data
- 3.4 Empirical Strategy
- 3.5 Results
- 3.6 Robustness Checks
- 3.7 Conclusion
- 3.8 Appendix II
- 4 Disaster, Coping Strategies, and Child Well-Being Among Syrian Refugees: Evidence from the Beirut Port Explosion
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Literature Review
- 4.3 Background
- 4.4 Data
- 4.4.1 Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
- 4.4.2 Operational Zones of the Beirut Port Explosion
- 4.4.3 Descriptive Statistics
- 4.5 Identification Strategy
- 4.6 Results
- 4.6.1 Damaged Shelter, Debt and Employment
- 4.6.2 Food Insecurity and Coping Strategies
- 4.6.3 Heterogeneity
- 4.7 Child Outcomes
- 4.8 Robustness Checks
- 4.9 Conclusion
- 4.10 Appendix III
- 5 Conclusion
- 6 Bibliography
- Declaration of Academic Integrity