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Wissenschaftliche Exzellenz lässt sich nicht kaufen: Was Spitzenuniversitäten wirklich erfolgreich macht
Störfeuer Politiker können Milliarden in Hochschulen investieren, Spitzenuniversitäten entstehen dadurch trotzdem nicht automatisch. Entscheidend ist etwas ganz anderes: institutionelle Freiheit. Thomas Plümper 19.07.2026, 16:51 Uhr Bei Google bevorzugen So sehen Sie häufiger Artikel von Ostdeutscheallgemeine.com in ihren Google Ergebnissen Link kopiert Die Artikel-URL wurde erfolgreich in Ihrer Zwischenablage gespeichert.
Wissenschaftliche Exzellenz lässt sich nicht kaufen: Was Spitzenuniversitäten wirklich erfolgreich macht
Geld allein schießt keine Tore. Und wissenschaftliche Exzellenz lässt sich nicht kaufen. Zumindest nicht von heute auf morgen. Man kann Milliarden in Universitäten investieren, neue Institute gründen und glänzende Hightech-Campi errichten. Doch kein Bildungsminister und kein Finanzminister der Welt kann beschließen, dass eine Universität in zehn Jahren zur Weltspitze gehören wird – nicht, ohne dass der Beschluss an der Realität scheitern wird. Diese Erkenntnis mag zunächst überraschen.
School holidays accounted for up to half of the rise in Covid-19
School holidays accounted for up to half of the increase in Covid-19 infections in Germany over the summer What role did the summer holiday season play in increasing Covid-19 infections in Germany? Exploiting the staggered nature of school holidays in Germany, this column estimates the effect of school holidays on growth in infections across the country Germany.
From richer to poorer: COVID-19 phases in Germany
Wealthier districts were hit by Covid-19 first in Germany, but their lockdowns were more effective Is Covid-19 a ‘rich man’s disease’, as many citizens in poorer countries believe it to be? This column descibes how in Germany, infections began with individuals returning from skiing holidays. In the first phase of the pandemic, infection rates were higher in richer areas and lower in more socially deprived districts.
Case selection and causal inferences in qualitative comparative research
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Thomas Plümper , Vera E. Troeger, Eric Neumayer Thomas Plümper, Vera E. Troeger, Eric Neumayer Published: July 24, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219727 Figures Abstract Traditionally, social scientists perceived causality as regularity. As a consequence, qualitative comparative case study research was regarded as unsuitable for drawing causal inferences since a few cases cannot establish regularity.
Regional inequalities in premature mortality in Great Britain
Citation: Plümper T, Laroze D, Neumayer E (2018) Regional inequalities in premature mortality in Great Britain. PLoS ONE 13(2): e0193488. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193488 Copyright: © 2018 Plümper et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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At Oxford University Press, we are pleased to support the SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts for People and the Economy) initiative. This collective name for the social sciences, humanities, and arts, enables us to articulate clearly the value of these subject areas, and recognize the contributions they make, alongside STEM subjects, in helping us to understand the world in which we live, and find solutions to global issues.
Widening versus Deepening of International Unions
Beck, Thorsten/ Clarke, George/ Groff, Alberto/ Keefer, Philip/ Walsh, Patrick (2000): New Tools and New Tests in Comparative Political Economy: The Database of Political Institutions, mimeo, World Bank. Bates, Robert/ Krueger, Anne O. (eds.) (1993): Political and Economic Interactions in Economic Policy Reform. Evidence from Eight Countries, Basil Blackwell, Oxford.
The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA) publications
Public policies affect not only health and mortality at the individual level, but also the inequality of longevity—inequality in the number of years lived. For example, higher tobacco1 and alcohol2 taxes reduce consumption, as do nonfiscal regulatory measures such as restrictions on smoking in closed spaces. This reduces avoidable mortality from lung cancer and liver cirrhosis.
Inequalities of Income and Inequalities of Longevity: A Cross-Country Study
Conclusions. To the extent that our estimated effects derived from observational data are causal, governments can reduce longevity inequality not only via public health policies, but also via their influence on market income inequality and the redistribution of incomes from the relatively rich to the relatively poor. Results.
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