Arbeitspapier
Earnings Information and Public Preferences for University Tuition: Evidence from Representative Experiments
Higher education finance depends on the public’s preferences for charging tuition, which may be partly based on beliefs about the university earnings premium. To test whether public support for tuition depends on earnings information, we devise survey experiments in representative samples of the German electorate (N>15,000). The electorate is divided, with a plurality opposing tuition. Providing information on the university earnings premium raises support for tuition by 7 percentage points, turning the plurality in favor. The opposition-reducing effect persists two weeks after treatment. Information on fiscal costs and unequal access does not affect public preferences. We subject the baseline result to various experimental tests of replicability, robustness, heterogeneity, and consequentiality.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 9102
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
National Government Expenditures and Education
Educational Finance; Financial Aid
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- Thema
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tuition
higher education
information
earnings premium
public opinion
voting
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Lergetporer, Philipp
Woessmann, Ludger
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo)
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Munich
- (wann)
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2021
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Lergetporer, Philipp
- Woessmann, Ludger
- Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo)
Entstanden
- 2021
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