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A Ranking Of The Most Anti-Science Countries

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  • McGee, Robert

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This paper presents the results of a study of opinion on attitude toward whether the world is better off or worse off because of science and technology. The most recent wave of World Values Survey data was used. Countries were ranked by mean score. The sample size was gathered in 60 countries and had more than 86,000 participants. Comparisons were also made by gender, age and religion.

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  • McGee, Robert, 2019. "A Ranking Of The Most Anti-Science Countries," MPRA Paper 99532, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:99532
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    Keywords

    science; technology; attitude; ranking; gender; age; religion; demographics;
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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
    • Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion

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