教育不公平与马太效应:一个理论模型

Education Inequality and Matthew Effect: A Theoretical Model

从一个理论模型出发,指出民主社会中的马太效应具有内生性。因为社会的贫富差距导致人们接受的教育水平不同,而教育水平的不同又影响了人们政治决策的判断力。穷人有限的政策判断力限制了他们通过投票对政治决策的影响,因此,民主社会同样会存在不民主的政策。

With a theoretical model, this paper points out that a democratic society has endogenous Matthew Effect. The social gap between the rich and the poor in different classes in a society leads to different levels of education as a result, which brings about peoples＇ political decision - making. With limited political decision - making capability, poor people has a limited influence on political decision - making process by voting. Therefore, a democratic society still exists undemocratic policies.