Income and Ideology: How Personality Traits, Cognitive Abilities, and Education Shape Political Attitudes
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Income and Ideology : How Personality Traits, Cognitive Abilities, and Education Shape Political Attitudes. / Morton, Rebecca; Tyran, Jean-Robert ; Wengström, Erik Roland.
Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2011.Publikation: Working paper › Forskning
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Income and Ideology
T2 - How Personality Traits, Cognitive Abilities, and Education Shape Political Attitudes
AU - Morton, Rebecca
AU - Tyran, Jean-Robert
AU - Wengström, Erik Roland
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - We find that cognitive abilities, educational attainment, and some personality traits indirectly affect ideological preferences through changes in income. The effects of changes in personality traits on ideology directly and indirectly through income are in the same direction. However, the indirect effects of cognitive abilities and education often offset the direct effects of these variables on ideological preferences. That is, increases in cognitive abilities and education significantly increase income, which reduces the tendency of individuals to express leftist preferences. These indirect effects are in some cases sizeable relative to direct effects. The indirect effects of cognitive abilities through income overwhelm the direct effects such that increasing IQ increases rightwing preferences. For ideological preferences over economic policy the indirect effects of advanced education also overwhelm the direct effects, such that individuals with higher education are more likely to express rightwing preferences than those with lower education.
AB - We find that cognitive abilities, educational attainment, and some personality traits indirectly affect ideological preferences through changes in income. The effects of changes in personality traits on ideology directly and indirectly through income are in the same direction. However, the indirect effects of cognitive abilities and education often offset the direct effects of these variables on ideological preferences. That is, increases in cognitive abilities and education significantly increase income, which reduces the tendency of individuals to express leftist preferences. These indirect effects are in some cases sizeable relative to direct effects. The indirect effects of cognitive abilities through income overwhelm the direct effects such that increasing IQ increases rightwing preferences. For ideological preferences over economic policy the indirect effects of advanced education also overwhelm the direct effects, such that individuals with higher education are more likely to express rightwing preferences than those with lower education.
M3 - Working paper
BT - Income and Ideology
PB - Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
ER -
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