Universität zu Köln

Fischer, Mira, Kauder, Bjoern, Potrafke, Niklas and Ursprung, Heinrich W. (2017). Support for free-market policies and reforms: Does the field of study influence students' political attitudes? Eur. J. Polit. Econ., 48. S. 180 - 198. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. ISSN 1873-5703

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Abstract

Since opinion leaders are usually university graduates, the field of study has an influence on public support for economic policies and policy reforms intended to enhance efficiency because advocating such policies often requires appreciation of the beneficial roles of markets and economic freedom. We investigate whether the field of study influences German university students' political attitudes. We disentangle self-selection from learning effects and reveal systematic differences between incoming students' political attitudes across eight fields of study. In a second step we explore how the students' political attitudes change as they progress in their academic training. Only studying economics has an unambiguous pro-market influence on political attitudes: by the time of graduation, economics students are some 6.2 percentage points more likely than they were in their initial year of study to agree with free-market policy positions. Studying humanities and natural sciences has a pro-leftist influence. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Fischer, Mira UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kauder, Bjoern UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Potrafke, Niklas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ursprung, Heinrich W. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-228280
DOI:	10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2016.07.002
Journal or Publication Title:	Eur. J. Polit. Econ.
Volume:	48
Page Range:	S. 180 - 198
Date:	2017
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1873-5703
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language OECD COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; LIBERALIZATION; PRIVATIZATION; ORIENTATION; VIEWS Multiple languages Economics; Political Science Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/22828