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Beeinflusst das Studienfach die politische Einstellung von Studierenden?

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  • Kristin Fischer
  • Björn Kauder
  • Niklas Potrafke

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Beeinflusst das Studienfach die politische Einstellung von Studierenden? Um den Selbstselektionseffekt von Lerneffekten zu entkoppeln, wurde zunächst analysiert, ob die von den Studienanfängern gewählten Studienfächer mit ihren politischen Einstellungen korrelieren. In einem zweiten Schritt wurde untersucht, wie sich die politischen Einstellungen der Studierenden im Laufe ihres Studiums verändern. Die Ergebnisse, die auf einer Umfrage unter deutschen Studierenden, deren Stichprobengröße jener vergleichbarer Studierendenumfragen deutlich übersteigt, basieren, zeigen systematische Unterschiede der politischen Einstellungen der Studierenden über acht Fachrichtungen hinweg. Diese Unterschiede können in den meisten Fällen der Selbstselektion zugeschrieben werden. Eine Ausnahme sind hier die Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Auch wenn Selbstselektion eine wichtige Rolle spielt, hat die akademische Ausbildung der Wirtschaftswissenschaften einen eindeutigen Einfluss auf die politische Einstellung: Zum Zeitpunkt ihres Studienabschlusses stimmen Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften mit einer um 6,2 Prozentpunkte höheren Wahrscheinlichkeit liberalen Politikpositionen zu als zum Zeitpunkt ihres Studienbeginns.

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  • Kristin Fischer & Björn Kauder & Niklas Potrafke, 2016. "Beeinflusst das Studienfach die politische Einstellung von Studierenden?," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 69(15), pages 17-24, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:69:y:2016:i:15:p:17-24
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    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

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