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

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger
• 署名单位: Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; University of Munich; University of Munich; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; IZA Institute Labor Economics
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104226
• 发表日期: 2020
• 关键词: inequality; education; INFORMATION; Survey experiment

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.