Education and social preferences: quasi-experimental evidence from compulsory schooling reforms

Songtao Yang

Applied Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 29, issue 20, 1931-1938

Abstract: This study investigates the effect of education on individuals’ social preferences, using data from nine waves of the European Social Survey. To address the endogeneity of education, this study exploits compulsory schooling reforms in 15 European countries. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design, this study finds more education increases women’s preference for equality, whereas the effects on their altruism are insignificant. For men, the instrument does not have enough power to identify the effect of education. This study helps to understand the determinants of social preferences.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2021.1966364

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