Perceptions of Economic Mobility and Support for Education Reforms

• Tác giả: Alexandru Cojocaru
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 296.83 Modern denominations and movements after ca. 1750
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 314127
• Chủ đề: 1. ECONOMIC MOBILITY; 2. EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY; 3. EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA; 4. MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; 5. SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION REFORM

Tóm tắt

This paper investigates the relationship between the expectations of economic mobility and support for tax-financed education reforms using data from the Life in Transition Survey, which covers 39 countries in Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa. The analysis demonstrates that individuals who expect themselves or their children to be upwardly mobile are more likely to support tax-financed education reforms. This correlation is robust to different formulations of mobility expectations and persists over a decade, encompassing both stable and post-crisis economic environments. The relationship is partially mediated by beliefs about the fairness of economic opportunities in society and individuals' readiness to embrace risks.