scholarly journals Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp Lergetporer ◽  
Katharina Werner ◽  
Ludger Woessmann
Keyword(s):  
Educational Aspiration ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Economic Returns ◽  
Survey Experiments

scholarly journals Information provision and preferences for education spending: Evidence from representative survey experiments in three countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 101876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Cattaneo ◽  
Philipp Lergetporer ◽  
Guido Schwerdt ◽  
Katharina Werner ◽  
Ludger Woessmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Provision ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Education Spending ◽  
Survey Experiments

scholarly journals Information and Preferences for Public Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp Lergetporer ◽  
Guido Schwerdt ◽  
Katharina Werner ◽  
Ludger Woessmann
Keyword(s):  
Public Spending ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Survey Experiments

scholarly journals Information Provision and Preferences for Education Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments in Three Countries

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Alejandra Cattaneo ◽  
Philipp Lergetporer ◽  
Guido Schwerdt ◽  
Katharina Werner ◽  
Ludger Woessmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Provision ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Education Spending ◽  
Survey Experiments

scholarly journals The effects of corrective information about disease epidemics and outbreaks: Evidence from Zika and yellow fever in Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. eaaw7449 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Carey ◽  
Victoria Chi ◽  
D. J. Flynn ◽  
Brendan Nyhan ◽  
Thomas Zeitzoff
Keyword(s):  
Vector Control ◽  
Yellow Fever ◽  
Preventive Behavior ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Control Policies ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
Survey Experiments ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Disease Epidemics ◽  
Corrective Information

Disease epidemics and outbreaks often generate conspiracy theories and misperceptions that mislead people about the risks they face and how best to protect themselves. We investigate the effectiveness of interventions aimed at combating false and unsupported information about the Zika epidemic and subsequent yellow fever outbreak in Brazil. Results from a nationally representative survey show that conspiracy theories and other misperceptions about Zika are widely believed. Moreover, results from three preregistered survey experiments suggest that efforts to counter misperceptions about diseases during epidemics and outbreaks may not always be effective. We find that corrective information not only fails to reduce targeted Zika misperceptions but also reduces the accuracy of other beliefs about the disease. In addition, although corrective information about the better-known threat from yellow fever was more effective, none of these corrections affected support for vector control policies or intentions to engage in preventive behavior.

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