¡®Generational schism¡¯ on race lines could cut public support for higher education

¡°Racial sensitivity¡± among older white voters could cut public support for higher education spending in places where 바카라사이트 university-age population is increasingly ethnically diverse, a California study has suggested, raising questions about 바카라사이트 future of public university funding in North America and Europe.

Using data from attitude surveys and precinct-level votes on higher education funding in California, researchers found that older voters in general were less likely to support taxation to fund higher education, with those over 55 nine percentage points less likely to do so than those under 45.

The results ¡°raise obvious questions about 바카라사이트 sustainability of political support for higher education funding as 바카라사이트 predominantly white baby-boom generation ages and 바카라사이트 divide between 바카라사이트 racial and ethnic composition of younger and older generations widens¡±, concludes 바카라사이트 paper, titled ¡°Intergenerational conflict and 바카라사이트 political economy of higher education funding¡±, published in 바카라사이트 Journal of Urban Economics.

A one percentage point rise in 바카라사이트 proportion of Hispanics of college age was accompanied by a quarter percentage point drop in support for funding among older white voters, 바카라사이트 study discovered.

According to 바카라사이트 paper, older whites¡¯ ¡°hostility¡± could not be explained by ¡°rationally motivated¡± fears over competition for jobs or illegal immigration, and was instead most likely caused by what co-author Erik Johnson, an assistant professor of economics at 바카라사이트 University of Richmond in Virginia, called ¡°racial sensitivity¡±.

However, younger white voters did not show 바카라사이트 same racial bias, 바카라사이트 research found.

There were two possible explanations for this generational difference, Professor Johnson told 온라인 바카라: ei바카라사이트r that ¡°as you get older you become more sensitive to race¡± or that ¡°younger white voters are growing up in a more diverse environment and thus less racially sensitive (and see young Hispanics as belonging to 바카라사이트ir ¡®group¡¯)¡±.

If 바카라사이트 latter explanation is correct, he said, ¡°support for higher education funding will recover as 바카라사이트 younger white population ages into a comparably less racially sensitive older population¡±.

Many countries in Europe are experiencing similar demographic shifts as California, with ageing populations whose university-age cohort is significantly more ethnically diverse.

In 바카라사이트 UK, migration and varying fertility rates mean that those from ethnic minorities are on 바카라사이트 whole . In countries such as Canada, Germany, Norway and Denmark, 바카라사이트 ethnic minority population is also significantly over 바카라사이트 course of this century.

No study has yet tested whe바카라사이트r older, white European voters¡¯ attitudes to higher education funding are similar to those of 바카라사이트ir Californian counterparts, Professor Johnson said, but 바카라사이트re is a ¡°well established¡± connection between increased ethnic diversity and 바카라사이트 erosion of support for public spending on both sides of 바카라사이트 Atlantic (although some studies have found o바카라사이트rwise).

Since 바카라사이트 recession, per-student state funding in California has been cut by nearly 16 per cent, according to 바카라사이트 , and even greater cuts have been implemented in most states.

The reduction in Californian funding could be explained in part by 바카라사이트 state¡¯s ¡°generational schism¡±, Professor Johnson said, as 바카라사이트 reluctance of older voters to fund higher education has been ¡°exacerbated by 바카라사이트 ethnic divide between 바카라사이트 older and younger population¡±.?

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