CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education 2025
Professor Eric A. Hanushek
Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He is internationally recognized for his economic analysis of educational issues, and his research has had broad influence on education policy in both developed and developing countries.
Professor Hanushek is also a research professor at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education and area director of the Economics of Education group in the CESifo Research Network.
Ciprian Domnisoru
Ciprian Domnisoru’s research in Labor Economics and the Economics of Education combines reduced form and structural approaches. He is particularly interested in how labor market institutions and educational policies affect upward mobility and has published or has forthcoming work on such topics as school quality, competition between higher education providers, compulsory schooling laws, teacher gender, college subsidies, mismatch in labor markets, student loans and long-term effects of welfare programs.
EconPol Forum 03/2025: A Fast Track to Defense Sovereignty in the EU – How Can It Work?
Russia's aggression against Ukraine and the threat of US disengagement marked a turning point for Europe, as most governments converged on the need to take greater responsibility for the continent’s own security and accelerate its path towards defense sovereignty. This is a significant development, but one that poses multiple strategic and governance challenges.
Out-of-School Learning: Subtitling vs. Dubbing and the Acquisition of Foreign-Language Skills
The development of English-language skills, a near necessity in today’s global economy, is heavily influenced by historical national decisions about whether to subtitle or dub TV content. While prior studies of language acquisition have focused on schools, we show the overwhelming influence of out-of-school learning.
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Recent CESifo Working Papers
Fast-Tracked Jobs Help Asylum Seekers Integrate Faster
Generative AI’s Impact on Student Achievement and Implications for Worker Productivity
Asymmetric Content Moderation in Search Markets: The Case of Adult Websites
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