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Does college make you progre? Evidence from Bolivia

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  • Antonio Saravia

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I examine the association between college education and left-leaning views in Bolivia using novel survey data. My findings suggest that college education is associated with left-leaning social preferences (college-educated individuals favor social equality and a tax system in which not everybody must pay taxes) but right-leaning individual preferences (they favor individual liberty and respect for private property). My results fit the connotation given to terms like progre or socialista caviar commonly used in Latin America to refer to educated individuals who consider themselves progressive, or even socialist, but admit and enjoy the benefits of individual liberty and markets.

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  • Antonio Saravia, 2022. "Does college make you progre? Evidence from Bolivia," Estudios de Economia, University of Chile, Department of Economics, vol. 49(2 Year 20), pages 175-197, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:udc:esteco:v:49:y:2022:i:2:p:175-197
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    Keywords

    Bolivia; education; college; public opinion; ideology.;
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    JEL classification:

    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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