Guido Schwerdt
Biographic Data
| ID | 4407090 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Guido Schwerdt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Guido |
| FAMILY NAME | Schwerdt |
| SIGNATURE | SCHWERDT G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Konstanz |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7348-9327 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Who supports tuition fees? How information provision and policy design shapes public preferences for higher education financing
The analysis of public support for tuition fees has received little attention so far in the growing literature on the political economy of higher education and redistribution. This paper addresses this research gap, using novel survey data for the German resident population ( N = 6208). Using a survey experiment, this study finds evidence that providing respondents with information about existing inequalities in the access to and financing of hig…
Central exams and adult skills
Information provision and preferences for education spending
The Impact of Personalized Information on Vote Intention
Voting advice applications (VAAs) are voter information tools that millions of individuals have used in recent elections throughout the world. However, little is known about how they affect political behavior. Until now, observational studies of VAA have produced inconclusive results. Here we present the results from a randomized field experiment in Switzerland that estimates the causal effects of VAA use on voters’ vote intentions. Our results s…
General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Lifecycle
Policy debates about the balance of vocational and general education programs focus on the school-to-work transition. But with rapid technological change, gains in youth employment from vocational education may be offset by less adaptability and thus diminished employment later in life. To test our main hypothesis that any relative labor-market advantage of vocational education decreases with age, we employ a difference-in-differences approach th…
Returns to skills around the world
Migration background and educational tracking
The Impact of Personalized Information on Vote Intention
Voting advice applications (VAAs) are voter information tools that millions of individuals have used in recent elections throughout the world. However, little is known about how they affect political behavior. Until now, observational studies of VAA have produced inconclusive results. Here we present the results from a randomized field experiment in Switzerland that estimates the causal effects of VAA use on voters’ vote intentions. Our results s…
Migration background and educational tracking
Migration background and educational tracking
Returns to skills around the world
General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Lifecycle
Policy debates about the balance of vocational and general education programs focus on the school-to-work transition. But with rapid technological change, gains in youth employment from vocational education may be offset by less adaptability and thus diminished employment later in life. To test our main hypothesis that any relative labor-market advantage of vocational education decreases with age, we employ a difference-in-differences approach th…
The Impact of Personalized Information on Vote Intention
Voting advice applications (VAAs) are voter information tools that millions of individuals have used in recent elections throughout the world. However, little is known about how they affect political behavior. Until now, observational studies of VAA have produced inconclusive results. Here we present the results from a randomized field experiment in Switzerland that estimates the causal effects of VAA use on voters’ vote intentions. Our results s…
Information provision and preferences for education spending
Central exams and adult skills
Who supports tuition fees? How information provision and policy design shapes public preferences for higher education financing
The analysis of public support for tuition fees has received little attention so far in the growing literature on the political economy of higher education and redistribution. This paper addresses this research gap, using novel survey data for the German resident population ( N = 6208). Using a survey experiment, this study finds evidence that providing respondents with information about existing inequalities in the access to and financing of hig…
Economics (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (3 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic Growth and Productivity (2 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (2 works)