@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp14991,
            	author={Lergetporer, Philipp and Woessmann, Ludger},
            	title={Income Contingency and the Electorate's Support for Tuition},
            	year={2022},
	month={Jan},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={14991},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14991},
	abstract={We show that the electorate's preferences for using tuition to finance higher education strongly depend on the design of the payment scheme. In representative surveys of the German electorate (N>18,000), experimentally replacing regular upfront by deferred income-contingent payments increases public support for tuition by 18 percentage points. The treatment turns a plurality opposed to tuition into a strong majority of 62 percent in favor. Additional experiments reveal that the treatment effect similarly shows when framed as loan repayments, when answers carry political consequences, and in a survey of adolescents. Reduced fairness concerns and improved student situations act as strong mediators.},
	keywords={income-contingent loans;higher education finance;tuition;voting},
            }