support for tuition depends on information and design, we devise several survey experiments in representative samples of the … German electorate (N>19,500). The electorate is divided, with a slight plurality opposing tuition. Providing information on …Public preferences for charging tuition are important for determining higher education finance. To test whether public …

about the university earnings premium. To test whether public support for tuition depends on earnings information, we devise … opposing tuition. Providing information on the university earnings premium raises support for tuition by 7 percentage points …Higher education finance depends on the public's preferences for charging tuition, which may be partly based on beliefs …

education spending and teacher salaries falls when respondents receive information about existing levels. Treatment effects vary … by prior knowledge in a manner consistent with information effects rather than priming. Support for salary increases is …' lower support for increases. Information about the tradeoffs between specific spending categories shifts preferences from …

comparative evidence on public preferences for education spending, we conduct representative experiments with information …, providing information about actual spending and salary levels reduces support for increased education spending from 54 to 40 … preferences are similar across the three countries when the role of status-quo and information are taken into account. …

We show that the electorate's preferences for using tuition to finance higher education strongly depend on the design … upfront by deferred income-contingent payments increases public support for tuition by 18 percentage points. The treatment … turns a plurality opposed to tuition into a strong majority of 62 percent in favor. Additional experiments reveal that the …

The electorates' lack of information about the extent of public spending may cause misalignments between voters … treatment groups with information on current spending levels. Results show that such information strongly reduces support for … public spending in various domains from social security to defense. Data on prior information status on school spending and …

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 … strong positive information treatment effect, which is increased further by informing about policy effectiveness. …

, implying endogeneity of policy preferences. The information treatment also affects non-partisan swing voters. …

surprisingly open to education reform and favors clear performance orientation. Survey experiments indicate that information can … have substantial effects on public policy preferences. Overall, education policies seem important for respondents' voting …

doing approach, update their information set each academic year and revise benefits and costs associated to tertiary …