Public education policies

This research analyzes how social norms, political attitudes, reputational signals, environmental awareness, and public perceptions of education and occupations influence educational preferences, career aspirations, and policy support.

Ethnic Diversity in Compulsory Schooling and Occupational Choices: Can Diversity Increase the Supply in Care-Oriented Occupations.Industrial Relations, (2025) (first published online 05.11.2025). By Damiano Pregaldini, Simone Balestra and Uschi Backes Gellner. Working Paper version

Reaching for Gold! The Impact of a Positive Reputation Shock on Career Choice.  European Economic Review, 175(2025). By Daniel Goller and Stefan C. Wolter. Working Paper version

The response of public education spending to changes in student cohort sizes. Education Economics, (2024): 1-14. By Samuel Luethi and Maria Zumbuehl. Working Paper version

Education expansion and high-skill job opportunities for workers: Does a rising tide lift all boats? Labour Economics, 82(2023). By Tobias Schultheiss, Curdin Pfister, Ann-Sophie Gnehm and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version

Central exams and adult skills: Evidence from PIAAC. Economics of Education Review, 90(2022). By Lisa Leschnig, Guido Schwerdt and Katarina Zigova. Working Paper version
 

Tertiary Education Expansion and Regional Firm Development. Regional Studies, 56(2022)11: 1874-1887. By Tobias Schlegel, Curdin Pfister and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version

Employment of R&D personnel after an educational supply shock: Effects of the introduction of Universities of Applied Sciences in Switzerland. Labour Economics, 66(2020). By Patrick Lehnert, Curdin Pfister and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version

Modernization of Vocational Training Curricula and Technology Adoption in Firms: A Descriptive Analysis with German Data.Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 150, 2018. By Christian Eggenberger, Simon Janssen and Uschi Backes-Gellner.

Empirical evidence on the effectiveness of social public procurement policy: The case of the Swiss apprenticeship training system.LABOUR, 31(2017)2: 204-222. By Mirjam Strupler Leiser and Stefan C. Wolter. Working Paper version