Social beliefs and public opinion
This research analyzes how social norms, political attitudes, reputational signals, environmental awareness, and public perceptions of education and occupations influence educational preferences, career aspirations, and policy support.
Imperfect Self-knowledge about Skills and Skill Mismatch. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 253, 2026. By Daniel Goller, Enzo Brox and Stefan C. Wolter.
Natural Disasters and the Green Occupational Aspirations of Adolescents. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 254, 2026. By Andreas F. Buehler, Patrick Lehnert and Harald Pfeifer.
Preferences, financial literacy, and economic development. Journal of Pension Economics & Finance, 25(2026)1: 72-92. By Nuria Rodríguez-Planas and Maddalena Davoli.
Reaching for Gold! The Impact of a Positive Reputation Shock on Career Choice. European Economic Review, 175(2025). By Daniel Goller and Stefan C. Wolter. Working Paper version
Environmental Awareness and Occupational Choices of Adolescents. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 231, 2024. By Patrick Lehnert and Harald Pfeifer.
The response of public education spending to changes in student cohort sizes. Education Economics, (2024): 1-14. By Samuel Luethi and Maria Zumbuehl. Working Paper version
What wages do people expect for vocational and academic education backgrounds in Switzerland?Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 160(2024)1. By Maria Alejandra Cattaneo. Working Paper version
Rejecting education as the basis of the social prestige of occupations: the role of polarized political ideologies and parties in Switzerland. Acta Politica, 58(2023): 1-35 (first published online 13.01.2022). By Aurélien Abrassart and Stefan C. Wolter.
«Against all odds»: Does awareness of the risk of failure matter for educational choices? Economics of Education Review, 87(2022). By Maria A. Cattaneo and Stefan C. Wolter. Working Paper version
Selected Findings from 10 Years of Public Opinion Surveys on Education in Switzerland. In: Public Opinion and the Political Economy of Education Policy around the World, (2021), Eds. Martin R. West and Ludger Wössmann. By Maria A. Cattaneo and Stefan C. Wolter
Do adult foreign residents prefer academic to vocational education? Evidence from a survey of public opinion in Switzerland.Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46(2020)15: 3314-3334. By Aurélien Abrassart, Marius R. Busemeyer, Maria A. Cattaneo and Stefan C. Wolter. Working Paper version
Information Provision and Preferences for Education Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments in three Countries. European Journal of Political Economy, 63(2020). By Maria Cattaneo, Philipp Lergetporer, Guido Schwerdt, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann and Stefan C. Wolter. Working Paper version
Investigating the image deficit of VET: occupational prestige ranking depending on the educational requirements and the skill content of occupations.Journal of European Social Policy, 30(2019)2: 221-236. By Aurélien Abrassart and Stefan C. Wolter.
Populist Manipulation or Personal Beliefs? A Study of the Divergent Perceptions of the Social Order in Switzerland.Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 156, 2019. By Aurélien Abrassart and Stefan C. Wolter.
Do Preferences and Biases predict Life Outcomes? Evidence from Education and Labor Market Entry Decisions.Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 144, 2018. By Uschi Backes-Gellner, Holger Herz, Michael Kosfeld and Yvonne Oswald.
Die Berufsbildung in der Pole Position. Die Einstellungen der Schweizer Bevölkerung zum Thema Allgemeinbildung vs. Berufsbildung. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 126, 2016. By Maria A. Cattaneo and Stefan C. Wolter.
Discriminatory Social Attitudes and Varying Gender Pay Gaps within Firms. ILR Review, 69(2016)1: 253-279. By Simon Janssen, Simone N. Tuor Sartore and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version.
Wie viel darf es kosten und wer soll es bezahlen? Einstellungen der Schweizer Bevölkerung zu Fragen der Finanzierung.Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 125, 2016. By Maria A. Cattaneo and Stefan C. Wolter.
Learning for a bonus: How financial incentives interact with preferences. Journal of Public Economics, 118(2014): 52-61. By Uschi Backes-Gellner and Yvonne Oswald.
Working Paper version.
Individual Policy Preferences for Vocational versus Academic Education. Micro Level Evidence for the Case of Switzerland.Journal of European Social Policy, 21(2011)3: 253-273. By Marius R. Busemeyer, Maria Alejandra Cattaneo and Stefan C. Wolter.