More Is Not Always Better: The Fleeting Backlash of an Ideological Education Reform

• In Event: Public Opinions and Attitudes in China

Brief Overview

Challenging existing literature, this study causally identifies an unintended consequence of ideological education. An RDD analysis reveals the policy actively backfired, eroding political trust. This fleeting effect later disappeared.

Author

• Mao Shiying, Renmin University of China