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 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 strongly increases concerns about educational...

We present experimental evidence that enabling access to universal early child care for families with lower socioeconomic status (SES) increases maternal labor supply. Our intervention provides families with customized help for child care applications, resulting in a large increase in enrollment...

We provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child care. We send emails from fictitious parents to 18, 000 early child care centers across Germany, asking if there is a slot available and how to apply. Randomly varying names to signal migration background, we...

We provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child care. We send emails from fictitious parents to 18, 000 early child care centers across Germany, asking if there is a slot available and how to apply. Randomly varying names to signal migration background, we...

We provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child care. We send emails from fictitious parents to 18, 000 early child care centers across Germany, asking if there is a slot available and how to apply. Randomly varying names to signal migration background, we...

Das Für und Wider des Bildungsföderalismus ist regelmäßiger Bestandteil politischer Debatten in Deutschland. Auf Basis der vorliegenden Studie lässt sich feststellen, dass Fehleinschätzungen über die relativen Leistungen der länderspezifischen Bildungspolitik ein großes Hindernis für...

Mit dem Einsatz neuer Technologien verändern sich die Berufsbilder auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt fortlaufend. Daher kommt der beruflichen Weiterbildung eine essentielle Rolle zu, um sicherzustellen, dass Beschäftigte vom Strukturwandel profitieren und Unternehmen offene Stellen mit geeigneten...

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...