Human Capital and Education Policy: Evidence from Survey Data

Elisabeth Grewenig

in ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung from ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich

Abstract: The dissertation consists of five distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of human capital formation and education policy. Chapters 2 and 3 are concerned with the determinants of human capital formation. In particular, chapter 2 investigates the impact of gender norms on labor-supply expectations of adolescents. Chapter 3 analyzes the effects of the Corona-induced school closures on students' time spent with different educational activities. Chapters 4 and 5 are concerned with the implementation and feasibility of educational reforms. Thereby, chapter 4 evaluates the impact of recent reforms on binding teacher recommendations by studying educational outcomes of students in primary and secondary schools. Chapter 5 examines whether support for educational policies is amenable to information provision about party-positions. Finally, chapter 6 contributes to the methodological debate around survey measurement by investigating belief elicitation in large-scale online surveys.

Keywords: Gender Norms; Female Labor Supply; Survey Experiments; Educational Inequality; COVID-19; Low-Achieving Students; Home Schooling; Distance Teaching; School Tracking; Admission Policies; Student Performance; Political Parties; Partisanship; Endogenous Preferences; Voters; Family Policy; Beliefs; Incentives; Online Search (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C67 G14 G23 O34 Q35 Q38 Q43 Q55 R15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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