The Making of Social Democracy: The Economic and Electoral Consequences of Norway's 1936 Folk School Reform. Working Paper 29095

Autor/inn/en	Acemoglu, Daron; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sarvimäki, Matti
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	The Making of Social Democracy: The Economic and Electoral Consequences of Norway's 1936 Folk School Reform. Working Paper 29095
Quelle	(2021) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Social Systems; Political Attitudes; Labor; Educational Change; Income; Teacher Salaries; Rural Education; Educational History; Municipalities; Resource Allocation; Foreign Countries; Political Power; Elementary School Teachers; Class Size; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social system; Soziales System; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Bildungsreform; Einkommen; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Magistrat; Ressourcenallokation; Ausland; Politische Macht; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Klassengröße; Norwegen
Abstract	Upon assuming power for the first time in 1935, the Norwegian Labour Party delivered on its promise of a major schooling reform. The reform raised minimum instruction time in less developed rural areas and boosted the resources available to rural schools, reducing class size and increasing teacher salaries. We document that cohorts more intensively affected by the reform significantly increased their education and experienced higher labor income. Our main result is that the schooling reform also substantially increased support for the Norwegian Labour Party in subsequent elections. This additional support persisted for several decades and was pivotal in maintaining support for the social democratic coalition in Norway. These results are not driven by the direct impact of education and are not explained by higher turnout, or greater attention or resources from the Labour Party targeted towards the municipalities most affected by the reform. Rather, our evidence suggests that cohorts that benefited from the schooling reform, and their parents, rewarded the party for delivering a major reform that was beneficial to them. [Additional financial support for this report was provided by the Norwegian Research Council.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01