Während der mehrwöchigen Corona-bedingten Schulschließungen Anfang 2021 verbrachten die Schulkinder im Durchschnitt 4,3 Stunden pro Tag mit schulischen Tätigkeiten. Das zeigt eine Befragung von über 2 000 Eltern. Zwar ist das eine knappe Dreiviertelstunde mehr als während der ersten...

Wir haben über 2 000 Eltern befragt, wie Schulkinder die mehrwöchigen Corona-bedingten Schulschließungen Anfang 2021 verbracht haben. Im Durchschnitt haben die Schulkinder 4,3 Stunden pro Tag mit schulischen Tätigkeiten verbracht. Das ist eine knappe Dreiviertelstunde mehr als während der...

Die Digitalisierung verändert und prägt unsere Arbeits- und Lebenswelt zunehmend. Löst dieser Trend bei den Deutschen eher Zuversicht oder Ängste aus? Wie sollte das Bildungssystem ihrer Meinung nach auf die digitalen Veränderungen vorbereiten? Und welche anderen Trends sind in den...

The standard assumption of exogenous policy preferences implies that parties set their positions according to their voters' preferences. We investigate the reverse effect: Are the electorates' policy preferences responsive to party positions? In a representative German survey, we inform...

The standard assumption of exogenous policy preferences implies that parties set their positions according to their voters’ preferences. We investigate the reverse effect: Are the electorates’ policy preferences responsive to party positions? In a representative German survey, we inform...

To better understand the political economy constraints of education policy, we have conducted the annual ifo Education Survey in Germany since 2014. This paper summarizes selected key findings on the German publics' preferences for education policies ranging from early childhood education and...

To better understand the political economy constraints of education policy, we have conducted the annual ifo Education Survey in Germany since 2014. This paper summarizes selected key findings on the German publics’ preferences for education policies ranging from early childhood education and...

Randomized experiments are often viewed as the "gold standard" of scientific evidence but people's scepticism towards experiments has compromised their viability in the past. We study preferences for experimental policy evaluations in a representative survey in Germany (N1,900). We find that a...

The ifo Education Survey is a representative opinion survey of the German voting-age population on education topics that has been conducted annually since 2014. It covers public preferences on a wide range of education policy issues ranging from early childhood education, schools, and...

A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing policy competition across jurisdictions. In parallel surveys with German citizens and state parliamentarians, we document that both groups misperceive the performance of their state's education system....