In spring 2020, governments around the globe shut down schools to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. We argue that low-achieving students may be particularly affected by the lack of educator support during school closures. We collect detailed time-use information on students before...

In spring 2020, governments around the globe shut down schools to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. We argue that low-achieving students may be particularly affected by the lack of educator support during school closures. We collect detailed time-use information on students before...

Im ersten Teil berichten wir Ergebnisse einer Umfrage von über 1 000 Eltern von Schulkindern zu den Corona-bedingten Schulschließungen. Die Zeit, die Schulkinder mit schulischen Aktivitäten verbracht haben, hat sich während Corona von 7,4 auf 3,6 Stunden täglich halbiert. 38% der...

Dass in Deutschland die Bundesländer für die Bildungspolitik zuständig sind, führt regelmäßig zu Debatten über mangelnde Einheitlichkeit und Vergleichbarkeit in der Bildung. Das ifo Bildungsbarometer 2020, unsere jährliche repräsentative Meinungsumfrage, hat die Meinung von über 10 000...

A large literature studies subjective beliefs about economic facts using unincentivized survey questions. We devise randomized experiments in a representative online survey to investigate whether incentivizing belief accuracy affects stated beliefs about average earnings by professional degree...

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...

A large literature studies subjective beliefs about economic facts using unincentivized survey questions. We devise randomized experiments in a representative online survey to investigate whether incentivizing belief accuracy affects stated beliefs about average earnings by professional degree...

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...

A general concern with the representativeness of online surveys is that they exclude the "offline" population that does not use the internet. We run a large-scale opinion survey with (1) onliners in web mode, (2) offliners in face-to-face mode, and (3) onliners in face-to-face mode. We find...