Public Opinion and the Political Economy of Education Policy

ifo Education Survey

Preferences for University Tuition

Preferences for Education Spending

Opinion on Educational Inequality

Educational Aspirations

Political Parties and Public Policy Preferences

International Comparison

Incentives in Belief Elicitation

Representativeness of Internet Surveys

Data of the ifo Education Survey

Overview

In the ifo Education Survey, we regularly collect data on the opinion of Germans on various topics of education policy. Using survey experiments, we show that providing information can affect public opinion on topics such as university tuition, education spending, educational inequality, educational aspirations, and family policies. International comparison of public opinion can help build a comparative political economy of education policy. Methodological contributions study the role of incentives in belief elicitation and the representativeness of internet surveys.