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- Title
Schooling and Citizenship in a Young Democracy: Evidence from Postwar Germany.
- Authors
Siedler, Thomas
- Abstract
This paper examines whether schooling has a causal impact on individuals' political behavior. Between 1949 and 1969, the number of compulsory years of schooling in the Federal Republic of Germany was gradually increased across all federal states. These legislative changes provide an opportunity to investigate the causal impact of schooling on political behavior. Years of schooling are found to be positively correlated with several political outcomes. However, there is little evidence of a causal effect. This study conjectures that there is ample historical evidence to support the hypothesis that the fundamentals of democracy were already learned earlier in school, potentially outweighing the political returns of schooling in Germany.
- Subjects
GERMANY; EDUCATION; EDUCATION policy; CITIZENSHIP; DEMOCRACY; HYPOTHESIS; LEGISLATION; STATISTICAL correlation
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010, Vol 112, Issue 2, p315
- ISSN
0347-0520
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9442.2010.01604.x