Government Ideology and Tuition Fee Policy
Evidence from the German States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23149393 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bjoern Kauder (Ifo Institute for Economic Research, corresponding author), Niklas Potrafke (0000-0001-5472-5507, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 628-649 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | CESifo Economic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1610-241X • E-ISSN: 1612-7501 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cesifo/ift007 |
| OpenAlex | W2154112895 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 39 |
In January 2005, the German Supreme Court permitted the state governments to charge tuition fees. By exploiting the natural experiment, we examine how government ideology influenced tuition fee policy. The results show that right-wing governments were active in introducing tuition fees. By contrast, left-wing governments strictly denied tuition fees. This pattern shows clear political alternatives in education policy across the German states: the political left classifies tuition fees as socially unjust; the political right believes that tuition fees are incentive compatible. By the end of 2014, however, there will be no tuition fees anymore: the political left won four state elections and abolished tuition fees. In Bavaria, the right-wing government also decided to abolish tuition fees because it feared to become elected out of office by adhering to tuition fees. Electoral motives thus explain convergence in tuition fee policy.
Convergence (economics) · Economic growth · Economics · German · Government (linguistics) · Ideology · Incentive · Market economy · Political science · Politics · State (computer science) · Supreme court · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.46 |
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |