A dataset of study program availability in German higher education between 1971 and 1996.

Boris Thome, Friederike Hertweck, Serife Yasar, Lukas Jonas, Stefan Conrad

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Article in Scientific data, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Authors and funding

5 authors.

Boris ThomeHeinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Chair of Databases and Information Systems, Düsseldorf, D-40225, Germany. boris.thome@hhu.de.

Friederike HertweckRWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Department for Labor Markets, Education and Population, Essen, D-45128, Germany.

Serife YasarRWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Department for Labor Markets, Education and Population, Essen, D-45128, Germany.

Lukas JonasRWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Department for Labor Markets, Education and Population, Essen, D-45128, Germany.

Stefan ConradHeinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Chair of Databases and Information Systems, Düsseldorf, D-40225, Germany.

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) 16DKWN139A, 16DKWN139B

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Educational systems are dynamic. They shape human capital, technological and societal progress, and also economic growth. Higher education, in particular, fosters innovation, with varying fields of study contributing differently to this process. Yet, despite its importance, no dataset has previously documented the evolution of academic fields across higher education institutions in a specific country. Addressing this gap, we present the RWI-UNI-SUBJECTS

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PMID41062479

DOI10.1038/s41597-025-06052-y

PMCPMC12508074

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