Educational Funding

Bildung ist teuer, lohnt sich aber auch – für den Einzelnen ebenso wie für den Staat.

Studying abroad ·
IW News ·
26 January 2017

A European success story

Thanks to Bologna and Erasmus: The number of German students abroad has more than tripled since the 1990s, reports the German Federal Statistical Office today. Studying abroad improves job opportunities and strengthens the interest in Europe. The Brexit, however, partly questions this exchange.

Philipp Deschermeier / Björn Seipelt ·
Expertise ·
4 October 2016

A Hedonic Rent Index for Student Housing in Germany

This survey, produced for Deutsche Real Estate Funds in cooperation with ImmobilienScout24, compares and analyses price developments in 15 metropolitan and student cities in Germany.

Philipp Deschermeier / Björn Seipelt ·
IW-Trends No. 3 ·
30 September 2016

A Hedonic Rent Index for Student Accommodation

The number of students has rapidly risen throughout the past years – as have prices for student housing. In order to systematically measure the price developments, the Cologne Institute for Economic Research and Deutsche Real Estate Funds have developed a conclusive Rent Index for Student Accommodation.

Christiane Konegen-Grenier / Beate Placke ·
Expertise ·
20 May 2016

Graduates with international experience in the German labor market

Study for the German Academic Exchange Service

Apartments for students ·
Press Release No. 18 ·
6 April 2016

Munich most expensive

For students, in the past five years the cost of accommodation has increased throughout Germany. This is reflected in the new student accommodation price index of the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft Köln – IW) and Deutsche Real Estate Funds (DREF) in cooperation with ImmobilienScout24. In Munich, Frankfurt and Hamburg, students pay the most for an apartment – and state-funded student residences are particularly scarce in Frankfurt and Hamburg.