Empirical Essays in Health and Education Economics [Elektronische Ressource] / Amelie Catherine Wuppermann. Betreuer: Joachim Winter

Empirical EssaysinHealth and Education EconomicsInaugural-Dissertationzur Erlangung des GradesDoctor oeconomiae publicae (Dr. oec. publ.)an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München2010vorgelegt vonAmelie Catherine WuppermannReferent: Prof. Dr. Joachim WinterKorreferent: Prof. Dr. Florian HeissPromotionsabschlussberatung: 1. Juni 2011AcknowledgementsFirst and foremost, I would like to thank my supervisor, Joachim Winter. I am gratefulfor his critical questions, constructive comments and general support that have guidedme while writing this dissertation and beyond.I would further like to thank my co-supervisor, Florian Heiss, for his guidance andcontinuous encouragement during the past years. Thanks also go to Ludger Wößmannfor advice on the fourth chapter of this dissertation and for agreeing to serve on mycommittee.In addition, I am indebted to many people for their help with writing this disserta-tion. In particular, I would like to thank my coauthors, Helmut Farbmacher and GuidoSchwerdt, for the collaboration that has been and continues to be a source of inspi-ration and motivation. I would further like to thank Luc Bissonnette, Nicolas Sauter,Beatrice Scheubel and Hannes Schwandt for valuable suggestions and comments andPeter Ihle and Ingrid Schubert for data support.