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La economía como argumento político: evidencia de estudiantes de economía en Chile

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  • Correa Mautz, Feipe

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En este documento reportamos los resultados de una encuesta a estudiantes de pregrado y posgrado de economía de cinco universidades de Chile, en materia de pensamiento económico. A través de un modelo econométrico de variable dependiente discreta ordenada, encontramos que la única variable que explica consistentemente las diferencias en pensamiento y opinión económica entre estudiantes es la preferencia política, incluso tras controlar por características personales y universidad de origen. La preferencia política influye en cuestiones normativas y positivas, apoyando la visión de que la economía es, en cierto grado, un argumento político. Finalmente, dado que estos resultados sugieren que en sus opiniones sobre política económica, los estudiantes de economía están expresando indirectamente sus preferencias políticas y normativas, sería recomendable incluir en la formación de los estudiantes tópicos que contribuyan a un buen razonamiento político. In this paper we report the results of a survey of undergraduate and graduate students of economics from five universities of Chile, on issues of economic thought. Through an econometric model of discrete and ordered dependent variable, we find that the only variable that consistently explains the differences of thought and opinion on economic issues among students is the political preference, even controlling for personal characteristics and university of origin. Political preference influences both normative and positive questions, supporting the view that economics is to some extent a political argument. Finally, these results suggest that, as in economic policy opinions, students of economics are indirectly expressing political and normative preferences, would be advisable to include topics in the training of students of economics that also contribute to a good political reasoning.

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  • Correa Mautz, Feipe, 2017. "La economía como argumento político: evidencia de estudiantes de economía en Chile," Documentos de Trabajo 4, Estudios Nueva Economía.
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    Keywords

    metodología; ideología; política; pensamiento económico; economía normativa; economía política; methodology; ideology; politics; economic thought; normative economics; political economy;
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    JEL classification:

    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate
    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General

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