Public education spending in the German Länder: adjustment to demographic shocks, politics, and cost efficiency [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Gerhard Kempkes

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DRESDEN Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften PUBLIC EDUCATION SPENDING IN THE GERMAN LÄNDER: ADJUSTMENT TO DEMOGRAPHIC SHOCKS, POLITICS, AND COST EFFICIENCY Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Dr. rer. pol. vorgelegt von Dipl.-Volkswirt, Dipl.-Betriebswirt (BA) Gerhard Kempkes geboren am 11. Juli 1977 in Lüneburg Doktorvater Prof. Dr. Helmut Seitz Gutachter Prof. Dr. Marcel Thum Prof. Dr. Alexander Kemnitz Tag der Verteidigung 18. Dezember 2009 CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES........................................................................................................ III LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................... IV 1 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................1 2 GERMANY’S EDUCATION AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS: AN OVERVIEW .. 4 2.1 The German education system ...............................................................................................................4 2.2 Relevant facts on the link between parental background and track choice...........................................12 2.3 Demographics of the school- and university-relevant populations.......................................................14 2.4 Political parties, platforms and manifestos.....................................................................