Social Construction and Intergenerational Mobility: How Framing of Benefit Recipients Influences Support for Education Opportunity Policy

• In Event: Benefits, Beneficiaries, and Public Opinion

Brief Overview

This research explores causal links between social construction and public opinion of education opportunity policy. The intergenerational contagion of social construction potentially biases public support for policies related to social mobility.

Authors

• Tengteng Cai, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

• Cherie Maestas, Purdue University