ifo Education Survey

The ifo Education Survey was developed by the ifo Center for the Economics of Education as part of the project “The political economy of education policy: Insights from an opinion survey” funded by the Leibniz Association. The ifo Education Survey is based on an annual public opinion survey of over 5,500 individuals who constitute a representative sample of Germany’s adult population.

Current Results

Facts — 30 Aug 2023

ifo Education Survey 2023: What Germans Think about the Quality of Schools

How do the Germans grade the schools in their federal state? Where do they see serious problems in the school system? And what solutions do they prefer - for example, for teacher shortage? The ifo Education Survey 2023 examines these and other questions.

Facts — 31 Aug 2022

ifo Education Survey 2022: Germans Favor Lifelong Learning to Keep Pace with Structural Change

Do Germans see themselves more on the winning or the losing side of structural change? How do they assess the need for lifelong learning in their profession? What do Germans think of a legal right to lifelong learning? And are they in favor of mandatory lifelong learning measures? The ifo Education Barometer 2022 examines these and other questions.

Facts — 31 Aug 2021

ifo Education Survey 2021: What Germans Think about Covid-19 Education Policy and Societal Competencies

How can coronavirus-related learning gaps be made up? Which digital learning formats should schools continue to offer after the coronavirus pandemic? Are Germans in favor of teaching societal competencies in schools? And how should these skills be taught and assessed in concrete terms? The ifo Education Survey 2021 examines these and other questions.

Previous ifo Education Survey

Research data for download

The ifo Institute has just released the datasets of the first eight waves (2014-2021) of the ifo Education Survey (ifo Bildungsbarometer) for scientific use. You can find additional detail in the data description and access the data here.

The repeated cross-sectional datasets include a total of more than 40,000 respondents. They comprise several randomized survey experiments that facilitate investigating the causal effects of information provision, framing, and question design on answering behavior. Beyond policy preferences, the datasets also include detailed background information about respondents and different survey measures of economic preferences.

Contribution in Refereed Journal

The ifo Education Survey 2014–2021: A New Dataset on Public Preferences for Education Policy in Germany

Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, Franziska Kugler, Philipp Lergetporer, Ruth Schüler, Katharina Wedel, Katharina Werner, Olivia Wirth, Ludger Woessmann
2023
Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 243

Information

Working Paper

The ifo Education Survey 2014–2021: A New Dataset on Public Preferences for Education Policy in Germany

Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, Franziska Kugler, Philipp Lergetporer, Ruth Schüler, Katharina Werner Wedel, Olivia Wirth, Ludger Wößmann
ifo Institute, Munich, 2022
ifo Working Paper No. 378

Project

The Political Economy of Education Policy: Insights from a Public Opinion Survey

Leibniz Association
January 2014 - December 2017

Results pubished in ifo Schnelldienst

Article in Journal

Was denken die Deutschen zu Chancenungleichheit im Bildungssystem?

Katharina Werner, Vera Freundl, Franziska Pfaehler, Katharina Wedel, Ludger Wößmann
ifo Institut, München, 2023
ifo Schnelldienst, 2023, 76, Nr. 11, 33-39

Article in Journal

Wie unterscheidet sich das Meinungsbild zu Schulen zwischen den deutschen Regionen? Regionale Ergebnisse des ifo Bildungsbarometers 2023

Katharina Werner, Vera Freundl, Franziska Pfaehler, Katharina Wedel, Ludger Wößmann
ifo Institut, München, 2023
ifo Schnelldienst, 2023, 76, Nr. 10, 29-34

Article in Journal

Was die Deutschen über die Qualität der Schulen denken – Ergebnisse des zehnten ifo Bildungsbarometers 2023

Katharina Werner, Vera Freundl, Franziska Pfaehler, Katharina Wedel, Ludger Wößmann
ifo Institut, München, 2023
ifo Schnelldienst, 2023, 76, Nr. 09, 37-50

Article in Journal

Deutsche befürworten Weiterbildung, um mit dem Strukturwandel Schritt zu halten: Ergebnisse des ifo Bildungsbarometers 2022

Katharina Werner, Vera Freundl, Franziska Kugler, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Wedel, Ludger Wößmann
ifo Institut, München, 2022
ifo Schnelldienst, 2022, 75, Nr. 09, 56-69

Article in Journal

Education Policy to Address Societal Challenges During and After the Coronavirus

Ludger Wößmann, Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner
ifo Institut, München, 2021
ifo Schnelldienst, 2021, 74, Nr. 09, 27-40

Article in Journal

Education in the Coronavirus Crisis: How Did Schoolchildren Spend Their Time When Schools Were Closed, and What Educational Measures Do the Germans Advocate?

Ludger Wößmann, Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Larissa Zierow
ifo Institute, Munich, 2020
ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 09, 25-39

Article in Journal

Germans Are in Favor of More Uniformity and Comparability in the Education System – Results of the ifo Education Barometer 2020

Ludger Wößmann, Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner
ifo Institute, Munich, 2020
ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 09, 40-48

Article in Journal

Was die Deutschen über Bildungsungleichheit denken

Elisabeth Grewenig, Sarah Kersten, Franziska Kugler, Philipp Lergetporer, Franziska Werner, Ludger Wößmann
ifo Institut, München, 2019
ifo Schnelldienst, 2019, 72, Nr. 17, 03-17

Article in Journal

Do Youths See Education Policy Differently to Adults?

Ludger Wößmann, Philipp Lergetporer, Elisabeth Grewenig, Sarah Kersten, Katharina Werner
ifo Institut, München, 2018
ifo Schnelldienst, 2018, 71, Nr. 17, 31-45

Article in Journal

What Do Germans Think about Gender Issues and Equality in Education? – Results of the ifo Education Survey 2018

Ludger Wößmann, Philipp Lergetporer, Elisabeth Grewenig, Sarah Kersten, Katharina Werner
ifo Institut, München, 2018
ifo Schnelldienst, 2018, 71, Nr. 17, 15-30

Article in Journal

Are Germans Afraid of Digitalisation? – Results of the ifo Education Barometer 2017

Ludger Wößmann, Philipp Lergetporer, Elisabeth Grewenig, Franziska Kugler, Katharina Werner
ifo Institut, München, 2017
ifo Schnelldienst, 2017, 70, Nr. 17, 17-38

Article in Journal

Do Teachers Have Different Opinions on Education Policy to the General Population? Results of the Ifo Education Barometer 2016

Ludger Wößmann, Philipp Lergetporer, Franziska Kugler, Katharina Werner
ifo Institut, München, 2016
ifo Schnelldienst, 2016, 69, Nr. 17, 19-34

Article in Journal

Education Measures to Integrate Refugees - What Do Germans Support?

Ludger Wößmann, Philipp Lergetporer, Franziska Kugler, Katharina Werner
ifo Institut, München, 2016
ifo Schnelldienst, 2016, 69, Nr. 17, 35-43

Article in Journal

Germans Are Ready for Fundamental Educational Reforms – Results of the Ifo Education Barometer 2015

Ludger Wößmann, Philipp Lergetporer, Franziska Kugler, Laura Oestreich, Katharina Werner
ifo Institut, München, 2015
ifo Schnelldienst, 2015, 68, Nr. 17, 29-50

Article in Journal

What Germans Think About Education Policy – Results of the First Ifo Education Survey

Ludger Wößmann, Philipp Lergetporer, Franziska Kugler, Katharina Werner
ifo Institut, München, 2014
ifo Schnelldienst, 2014, 67, Nr. 18, 16-33

More Publications

Working Paper

Does the Education Level of Refugees Affect Natives’ Attitudes?

Philipp Lergetporer, Marc Piopiunik, Lisa Simon
ifo Institute, Munich, 2021
ifo Working Paper No. 346

Working Paper

Covid-19 and Educational Inequality: How School Closures Affect Low- and High-Achieving Students

Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann, Larissa Zierow
CESifo, Munich, 2020
CESifo Working Paper No. 8648

Contribution in Refereed Journal

Educational Inequality and Public Policy Preferences: Evidence From Representative Survey Experiments

Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
2020
Journal of Public Economics 188, 104226

Information

Contribution in Refereed Journal

Information Provision and Preferences for Education Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments in three Countries

Maria Cattaneo, Philipp Lergetporer, Guido Schwerdt, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann, Stefan C. Wolter
2020
European Journal of Political Economy 63, 101876

Information

Contribution in Refereed Journal

Incentives, Search Engines, and the Elicitation of Subjective Beliefs: Evidence from Representative Online Survey Experiments

Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
2022
Journal of Econometrics 231(1), 304–326

CESifo Working Paper No. 7556

Contribution in Refereed Journal

Do Party Positions Affect the Public's Policy Preferences? Experimental Evidence on Support for Family Policies

Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
2020
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 179, 523–543

Working Paper

The political economy of higher education finance: how information and design affect public preferences for tuition

Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Wößmann
CESifo, Munich, 2019
CESifo Working Paper No. 7536

Monograph (Authorship)

The Role of Information for Public Preferences on Education – Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

Katharina Werner
ifo Institute, Munich, 2019
ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 82

Working Paper

Can Online Surveys Represent the Entire Population?

Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Lisa Simon, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
CESifo, Munich, 2018
CESifo Working Paper No. 7222

Contribution in Refereed Journal

Educational Inequality and Public Policy Preferences: Evidence From Representative Survey Experiments

Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
2020
Journal of Public Economics 188, 104226

Information

Contribution in Refereed Journal

How Information Affects Support for Education Spending: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Germany and the United States

Philipp Lergetporer, Guido Schwerdt, Martin R. West, Ludger Wößmann, Katharina Werner
2018
Journal of Public Economics 167, 138-157

Information

Contribution in Refereed Journal

Public Opinion and the Political Economy of Educational Reforms: A Survey

Marius R. Busemeyer, Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Wößmann
2018
European Journal of Political Economy 53, 161-185

Working paper version available as: EENEE Analytical Report 28

Working Paper

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

Philipp Lergetporer, Guido Schwerdt, Katharina Werner, Ludger Wößmann
CESifo, Munich, 2016
CESifo Working Paper No. 5938

Also published as: IZA Discussion Paper 9968

Working Paper

Is Seeing Believing? How Americans and Germans Think about their Schools

Michael B. Henderson, Philipp Lergetporer, Paul E. Peterson, Katharina Werner, Martin R. West, Ludger Wößmann
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2015
Ifo Working Paper No. 202

Contact

Prof. Dr. Ludger Wößmann

Director of the ifo Center for the Economics of Education

Tel: +49(0)89/9224-1699
Fax: +49(0)89/907795-1699
Mail: woessmann@ifo.de

Area

ifo Center for the Economics of Education