Education and Social Capital

IF 3.2 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Journal of Experimental Political Science Pub Date : 2021-03-10 DOI:10.1017/XPS.2021.6

B. Apfeld, E. Coman, J. Gerring, S. Jessee

引用次数: 1

Abstract

Abstract Early research suggested that education was a major factor in structuring rates of political participation and social capital. More recent work based on experimental or quasi-experimental evidence offers mixed findings. In this study, we enlist a unique research setting in Romania, where passing the baccalaureate is required for entrance into university, setting up the occasion for a fuzzy RD design. The sample is drawn from a cross section of Romanians whose scores fall just above or below the cutoff. Because the sample is large and the measurement of exam scores are fine-grained, it is plausible to regard the outcome as continuous at the cutoff. Because the number of exam takers is enormous, we are able to focus on a very narrow bandwidth. The assumption of as-if random assignment is, therefore, plausible. We find that university attendance in Romania increases social capital as measured by our composite index, corroborating the main hypothesis.

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教育与社会资本

摘要早期研究表明，教育是构建政治参与率和社会资本的主要因素。基于实验或准实验证据的最新研究结果喜忧参半。在这项研究中，我们在罗马尼亚寻找了一个独特的研究环境，在那里，通过学士学位是进入大学的必要条件，为模糊RD设计提供了机会。样本来自罗马尼亚人的横截面，他们的分数刚好高于或低于临界值。因为样本很大，而且对考试成绩的测量是精细的，所以在截止点将结果视为连续的是合理的。由于考生人数庞大，我们能够专注于非常窄的带宽。因此，假设随机分配是合理的。我们发现，用我们的综合指数衡量，罗马尼亚的大学入学率增加了社会资本，这证实了主要假设。

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Journal of Experimental Political Science Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

CiteScore

5.10

自引率

8.30%

发文量

期刊介绍： The Journal of Experimental Political Science (JEPS) features cutting-edge research that utilizes experimental methods or experimental reasoning based on naturally occurring data. We define experimental methods broadly: research featuring random (or quasi-random) assignment of subjects to different treatments in an effort to isolate causal relationships in the sphere of politics. JEPS embraces all of the different types of experiments carried out as part of political science research, including survey experiments, laboratory experiments, field experiments, lab experiments in the field, natural and neurological experiments. We invite authors to submit concise articles (around 4000 words or fewer) that immediately address the subject of the research. We do not require lengthy explanations regarding and justifications of the experimental method. Nor do we expect extensive literature reviews of pros and cons of the methodological approaches involved in the experiment unless the goal of the article is to explore these methodological issues. We expect readers to be familiar with experimental methods and therefore to not need pages of literature reviews to be convinced that experimental methods are a legitimate methodological approach. We will consider longer articles in rare, but appropriate cases, as in the following examples: when a new experimental method or approach is being introduced and discussed or when novel theoretical results are being evaluated through experimentation. Finally, we strongly encourage authors to submit manuscripts that showcase informative null findings or inconsistent results from well-designed, executed, and analyzed experiments.