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Brinkmann, G. (Ed.) (1985).
Probleme der Bildungsfinanzierung.
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Brinkmann, Gerhard.
Probleme der Bildungsfinanzierung
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I thought you would find this interesting: Probleme der Bildungsfinanzierung Editor: Brinkmann, Gerhard Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Vol. 146 (1985) https://elibrary.duncker-humblot.com/doi:10.3790/978-3-428-45840-0
Probleme der Bildungsfinanzierung
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Brinkmann, Gerhard
Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik
, Vol. 146
(1985)
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Table of Contents
Section Title
Page
Action
Price
Vorwort des Herausgebers
5
Inhaltsverzeichnis
7
Hans-Joachim Bodenhöfer, Klagenfurt: Probleme der Bildungsfinanzierung – Zum Stand der Diskussio
9
1 Einleitung
9
2 Problemlagen der Bildungspolitik und Bildungsfinanzierung
9
3 Mischsysteme der Bildungsfinanzierung – Historische Entwicklung und ökonomische Rationalität
13
4 Bildungsfinanzierung und Steuerungssystem
22
4.1 Steuerungssystem und institutionelle Struktur des Bildungswesens
22
4.2 Steuerungsmechanismen und Bildungsfinanzierung
29
Literaturverzeichnis
36
Friedrich Edding, Berlin: Alternative Definitionen von Bildung und einige Auswirkungen auf die Zurechnung von Kosten und Nutze
39
1 Definitionen allein von der Institution her sind unbefriedigend
39
2 Zwei polare Definitionen vom Inhalt he
46
3 Einige Nutzenerwägungen und Finanzierungsperspektive
49
Literaturverzeichnis
55
Reinar Lüdeke, Passau: Theorie der staatlichen Bildungsfinanzierung im Rahmen einer Theorie der Staatsaufgabe
57
1 Einführung
57
2 Staatsaufgaben, Staatsfinanzierung, Staatsausgaben und paretianische Wohlfahrtsökonomie
59
2.1 Theoretische Grundlage
59
2.2 Anlässe staatlicher (Mit)Finanzierung im Rahmen einer Kunstlehre von der Politik
63
2.3 Anlässe staatlicher (Mit)Finanzierung unter Berücksichtigung politischer Willensbildungsprozesse – die konstitutionelle Perspektive
79
3 Der Umfang öffentlicher Bildungsfinanzierung und Anlässe finanzieller Interventionen bei der Bildung
93
3.1 Art und Umfang der öffentlichen Bildungsfinanzierung
93
3.2 Anlässe finanzieller Interventionen bei der Bildung
97
3.2.1 Allokationspolitische Finanzierungsanlässe
97
3.2.1.1 Excess-Burden-Minimierung
97
3.2.1.2 Reale Externalitäte
98
3.2.1.3 Die steuerliche Beteiligung des Staates an den Bildungserträge
101
3.2.1.4 ‚Pekuniäre Externalitäten‘ des Marktes
102
3.2.1.5 Politische Externalitäte
104
3.2.1.6 Verbundexternalitäte
105
3.2.1.7 Charakteristika des öffentlichen Gutes: Fehlende Rivalität und fehlende (bzw. schwierige) Ausschließbarkeit
107
3.2.1.8 Bildung als meritorisches oder demeritorisches Gut
107
3.2.2 Distributionspolitischer Finanzierungsanlaß
109
3.2.3 Finanzierungsanlaß jenseits der paretianischen Wohlfahrtsökonomie: „Chancengleichheit im Bildungswesen“ bzw. „Steigerung der intergenerativen sozialen Mobilität“
112
3.2.4 Besonderheiten bei „Numerus Clausus“-Bildungsgängen und gesetzlicher Schulpflicht
115
4 Die öffentliche Finanzierung der Bildung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Überprüfung vor dem Hintergrund der veschiedenen Finanzierungsanlässe
117
4.1 Vorgehensweise und Grenze
117
4.2 Die ‚unternormale‘ Besteuerung des Bildungssektors
119
4.3 Reduzierung von Steuerverpflichtungen (tax expenditures)
121
4.4 Öffentliche Ausgabe
123
4.4.1 Vollsubventionierung der direkten (schulischen) und Teilsubventionierung der indirekten Koste
123
4.4.2 Unterschiedliche Förderung der öffentlichen und privaten Bildungsproduktio
124
4.4.3 Einkommens-, Bedarfs- und Leistungsabhängigkeit der direkten Bildungsförderung
125
4.4.4 Zuweisungsschemata: Regelbindungen, Verwendungsauflagen und sonstige Verpflichtunge
129
4.4.5 Leistungen an die Auszubildenden oder an die Ausbildungsinstitutione
132
4.4.6 Zinsbegünstigte Kredite, Zinszuschüsse, kreditunabhängige Zuschüsse
133
4.5 Zusammenfassende Beurteilung der öffentlichen Finanzierung bei Numerus-Clausus-Regelungen und Schulpflichtgesetze
135
5 Die öffentliche Bildungsfinanzierung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland aus dem Blickfeld ‚Ökonomischer Theorie der Politik‘: Erklärungsversuche und Ansätze konstitutioneller Reforme
136
5.1 Erklärungsversuche einiger Erscheinungen öffentlicher Bildungsfinanzierung
137
5.2 Ansätze konstitutioneller Reforme
143
Literaturverzeichnis
153
Dieter Timmermann, Bielefeld: Gebührenfinanzierung der Hochschulausbildung: allokative und distributive Aspekte
157
1 Einleitung
157
2 Das bestehende System der Hochschulfinanzierung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: ein Staatsfinanzierungssystem
160
3 Evidenzen allokativen und distributiven Versagens des bestehenden Staatsfinanzierungssystems der Hochschulausbildung
165
3.1 Das ordnungspolitische Versage
166
3.2 Das fiskalpolitische Versage
166
3.3 Allokatives Versage
167
3.4 Distributives Versage
169
4 Die allokations- und distributionstheoretische Kritik des staatlichen Systems der Hochschulfinanzierung und die Begründung von Studiengebühre
172
4.1 Die anthropologische Kritik
173
4.2 Die allokationstheoretische Kritik
173
4.3 Distributionspolitische Argumente
181
4.4 Argumente der public-choice Theorie
183
4.5 Begründung von Hochschulgebühre
186
5 Die allokativen und distributiven Wirkungen von Studiengebühre
187
5.1 Die Ausgestaltung von Studiengebühre
187
5.2 Das Problem der Bemessungsgrundlage der Studiengebühren und das Problem der Gebührenhöhe
191
5.3 Fiskalische Wirkungen von Studiengebühre
193
5.4 Allokative Wirkungen von Studiengebühre
193
5.5 Distributive Wirkungen von Studiengebühre
198
5.6 Gebührendifferenzierung
199
6 Die Korrektur distributiver Ineffizienz von Studiengebühren durch flankierende Transfersysteme
200
7 Zusammenfassung und Schluß
202
Literaturverzeichnis
202
Heinrich Mäding, Konstanz: Die Finanzkrise und das Scheitern der Fortschreibung des Bildungsgesamtplanes
209
1 Problemstellung
209
2 Finanzlage und Planungsende: direkte Kausalität?
211
3 Das Entscheidungssystem
213
4 Konfliktanfall und Konfliktverarbeitung
218
4.1 Konfliktanfall und Konfliktverarbeitung 1973
218
4.1.1 Partei-Konflikte
218
4.1.2 Bund-Länder-Konflikte
219
4.1.3 Finanz-Konflikte
220
4.2 Konfliktanfall und Konfliktverarbeitung 1982
222
4.2.1 Die Konstellation der Entscheidungsfaktore
222
4.2.2 Partei-Konflikte
224
4.2.3 Bund-Länder-Konflikte
224
4.2.4 Finanz-Konflikte
226
4.3 Der Faktor „Planungserfahrung“
227
5 Zusammenfassung
231
Literaturverzeichnis
232
Martin Pfaff, Augsburg: Finanzierung und Wettbewerb der privaten und öffentlichen Hochschulen. Einige Erfahrungen aus den USA
235
1 Einleitung
236
1.1 Die aktuelle Diskussion um private Hochschule
236
1.2 Fragestellungen der Arbeit
238
2 Theoretische Ansatzpunkte
240
2.1 Öffentliche Finanzierung versus öffentliche Produktio
240
2.2 Zum Konzept des Wettbewerbs unter Hochschule
241
2.2.1 Vom vollkommenen zum funktionsfähigen Wettbewerb
241
2.2.2 Funktionsfähiger Wettbewerb im Hochschulbereich?
242
2.2.3 Der Staat als endogener Faktor im Wettbewerb um Ressource
244
2.3 Die Problematik der Effizienz und Effektivitätsmessung
245
3 Die Entwicklung des amerikanischen Hochschulwesens
251
3.1 Die Entwicklung der Zahl der Studenten und Hochschule
251
3.2 Die Entwicklung der Finanzierungsstruktu
261
3.3 Die Struktur der Forschungsfinanzierung
268
4 Bereiche, Formen und Wirkungen des Wettbewerbs im Hochschulwese
272
4.1 Preis- und Nicht-Preis-Wettbewerb um Hochschullehre
273
4.1.1 Preis-Wettbewerb: Gehaltsstruktur der Hochschullehre
273
4.1.2 Nicht-Preis-Wettbewerb: „tenure“, Personal- und Sachausstattung
276
4.2 Preis- und Nicht-Preis-Wettbewerb um Studente
277
4.2.1 Studiengebühre
277
4.2.2 Unterstützungsprogramme
284
4.2.3 Nicht-Preis-Wettbewerb um Studente
292
4.3 Konsequenzen des Wettbewerbs
296
4.3.1 Schließungen von Hochschule
296
4.3.2 Soziale Selektion der Studente
300
5 Die Auswirkungen von bürokratischen Kontrollen auf die interne Effizienz öffentlicher Institutione
305
6 Zusammenfassung und Folgerunge
310
6.1 Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten Erfahrunge
310
6.2 Einige Folgerungen für die aktuelle Diskussion in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
315
Literaturverzeichnis
318
Hermann Schmidt, Bonn: Die Finanzierung der betrieblichen Berufsausbildung als Gegenstand der Berufsbildungspolitik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland mit Ausblick auf Entwicklungen in anderen Industrienatione
335
1 Das Thema „Finanzierung“ in der aktuellen Berufsbildungsdiskussio
335
2 Der Wandel in der Wertschätzung beruflicher Bildung
337
3 Das Scheitern der Novellierung des Berufsbildungsgesetzes und das Ausbildungsplatzförderungsgesetz
338
4 Die Finanzierungsdiskussion nach dem Berufsbildungsförderungsgesetz
341
5 Länderinitiativen zur Umlagefinanzierung
344
6 Die tatsächliche Entwicklung der betrieblichen Berufsbildungsfinanzierung
345
7 Tarifvertragliche Finanzierungsregelunge
349
8 Kammerumlage
350
9 Die Haltung der Arbeitgeberverbände zur Umlagefinanzierung
351
10 Entwicklungstendenzen in anderen Industriestaate
353
11 Finanzierung weiterhin umstritte
355
Literaturverzeichnis
356
Horst Weishaupt, Frankfurt a. M.: Kosten-Wirksamkeitsanalyse schulorganisatorischer Alternativen dargestellt am Beispiel von zwei Planungsmodellen für Frankfurt am Mai
359
1 Problemstellung
359
2 Erläuterung des zugrundeliegenden Datenmaterials und des Verfahrens der Vorausschätzung
365
3 Darstellung der Alternativen und vergleichende Bewertung
382
3.1 Alternative I
382
3.2 Alternative II
385
3.3 Vergleichende Bewertung der Alternative
387
3.3.1 Anpassungsflexibilität bei steigenden/sinkenden Schülerzahle
387
3.3.2 Resistenz der Schulorganisation gegenüber wechselnden Schulbesuchsquote
388
3.3.3 Wohnnähe des Schulangebots
388
3.3.4 Ein- oder mehrmaliger schulorganisatorisch notwendiger Schulwechsel bis zum Ende der Sekundarstufe I
390
3.3.5 „Vollwertiges Sekundarstufen-Angebot“
391
3.3.6 Schulform- und qualifikationsspezifische Auswirkungen auf den Lehrerbedarf
391
3.4 Vergleichende Bewertung der monetären Wirkungen der Alternative
394
3.4.1 Lehrer-Personalkoste
394
3.4.2 Schülertransportkoste
395
3.4.3 Schulgebäudekoste
397
4 Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse und Ausblick
400
Literaturverzeichnis
403
Dieter Sadowski/Ursula Backes, Trier: Analysen zur Forschungseffizienz – Grundlagen für die Forschungsfinanzierung an Universitäten?
407
1 Forschungspolitische Probleme und Lösungsvorschläge
407
1.1 Die Universitätsforschung in der Hochschulpolitik
407
1.2 Vorschläge zur Finanzierung auf der Basis leistungsorientierter Kennzahle
409
2 Zur betriebswirtschaftlichen Theorie von Hochschule
412
2.1 Die traditionellen produktionswirtschaftlichen und verhaltenswissenschaftlichen Ansätze
412
2.2 Hochschulwettbewerb: Intensität und Handlungsstrategie
415
3 Effizienzmessung mit Hilfe von ‚frontier production functions‘
417
3.1 Das Konzept der ‚frontier production function‘ zur Quantifizierung von relativer Ineffizienz
417
3.1.1 Inputfaktore
418
3.1.2 Outputindikatore
419
3.1.3 Spezifikation einer Forschungsproduktionsfunktio
421
3.2 Die Universität Trier als Beispiel
421
3.2.1 Date
421
3.2.2 Schätzergebnisse
424
3.2.3 Ursachenanalyse: Charakteristika effizienter Forschungseinheiten an der Universität Trie
426
3.2.3.1 Vorbemerkung
426
3.2.3.2 Lehrbelastung
426
3.2.3.3 Prüfunge
427
3.2.3.4 Selbstverwaltung
427
3.2.3.5 Kommunikationsstrukture
428
3.2.3.6 Dissertatione
429
3.2.3.7 Fachspezifität von Forschungsproduktio
429
3.2.3.8 Zusammenfassung
430
4 Erweiterungen und Relativierunge
431
Literaturverzeichnis
432
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