Educational inequality and public policy preferences: Evidence from representative survey experiments

被引：17
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作者：
Lergetporer, Philipp [1 ]
Werner, Katharina [1 ]
Woessmann, Ludger [2 ,3 ,4 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Munich, CESifo, Ifo Inst, Munich, Germany
[2] Univ Munich, Munich, Germany
[3] Ifo Inst, CESifo, IZA, Munich, Germany
[4] CAGE, London, England
来源：
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS | 2020年 / 188卷
关键词：
Inequality; Education; Information; Survey experiment; REDISTRIBUTION EVIDENCE; SKILLS; INFORMATION; EQUALITY;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104226
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
To study how information about educational inequality affects public concerns and policy preferences, we devise survey experiments in representative samples of the German population. Providing information about the extent of educational inequality strongly increases concerns about educational inequality. It also affects support for equity-oriented education policies (which have high baseline support), although effects are quantitatively small on average. However, instrumental-variable estimates suggest substantial effects of concerns on policy preferences among the compliers whose concerns are shifted by the information treatment. There are substantial effects on support for compulsory preschool, which increases further if respondents are informed about policy effectiveness. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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