In Public Education Expenditures We Trust: Does Trust Increase Support for Public Education Expenditures?

Trust is one crucial prerequisite for the welfare state. However, very few empirical studies exist that help us understand the mechanisms through which trust affects the welfare state. Influencing public support for developing friendly public policies might be one of these mechanisms. In this study,...

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Published in:Educational sciences : theory & practice 2015-04, Vol.15 (2), p.377
Main Authors: Gur, Nurullah, Boyaci, Israfil, Ozcan, Yunus
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asia
Citizen Participation
Economic Progress
Europe
Expenditures
Eğitim Bilimleri
Foreign Countries
France
Germany
Government (Administrative Body)
Great Britain
Growth Models
Human Capital
Individual Characteristics
Investment
Italy
Kişisel Gelişim
Least Squares Statistics
Literature Reviews
Predictor Variables
Public Education
Public Policy
Public Schools
Secondary Education
Social Capital
Surveys
Sweden
Taxes
Trust (Psychology)
Turkey
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Summary:Trust is one crucial prerequisite for the welfare state. However, very few empirical studies exist that help us understand the mechanisms through which trust affects the welfare state. Influencing public support for developing friendly public policies might be one of these mechanisms. In this study, we use unique micro data from 34 countries to investigate the relationship between trust and support for public education expenditures. We use the Life in Transition Survey (LiTS) conducted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Bank in 2010. Our empirical results show that trust has a positive effect on support for public education expenditures. Our results are robust when controlled for various individual characteristics and country fixed effects, tested using OLS and Probit models and different samples. This empirical evidence helps us understand the micro foundations of support for public education expenditures.
ISSN:2148-7561
1303-0485
2148-7561
DOI:10.12738/estp.2015.2.2348