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Personal and institutional factors in the assessment of European public policies. The case of education. Clara Riba & Anna Cuxart Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Introduction. The challenges of education in the XXI century The quality of education: indicators Objective: student’s attainment
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Personal and institutional factors in the assessment of European public policies.The case of education Clara Riba & Anna Cuxart Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Introduction • The challenges of education in the XXI century • The quality of education: indicators • Objective: student’s attainment • Subjective: survey opinions • Indicator used: evaluation of the state of the education (ESS 2002-03)
ObjectiveTo answer the questions: • What is the citizen’s opinion about the quality of the education in their countries? • What are the effects of the educative policies in that opinion? • How the effects of these policies interact with the individual characteristics?
Hypothesis Individual perceptions about education: • Sex and age differences • Rural and urban differences • High educated citizens are more demanding on education • Party identification effect
Hypothesis Contextual effects. Better evaluations if: • High public spending on education • Decentralization of education • Comprehensive educational system • Good working conditions for teachers • High socioeconomic and cultural status
Method and data Multilevel analysis: Level 1: citizens Level 2: countries • Individual data for 22 countries from ESS • Contextual data from OECD (incomplete) • Analysis for two different groups of 17 countries
Results. Individual effects • Women are more critical than men • Educated citizens are more critical than those with only primary education • Government satisfaction affects positively the evaluations of education
Results. Contextual effects • Decentralization of education increases satisfaction • Public expending on education affects positively the evaluations of education • Comprehensive educational systems increase satisfaction • Evaluations are better in countries with high socioeconomic and cultural status
Results. Interactions effects • Decentralization and public expending reduce the positive effect of government satisfaction on the evaluation of education • Public expending reduces the negative effects of high education and sex on the evaluation of education
Conclusions • Political decisions of governments and socioeconomic and cultural level of countries affect citizens’ perceptions about the quality of education • There are interactions of decentralization and public expending with education, sex and government satisfaction that reduce the effects of the individual variables