Econ Papers Daily / 期刊论文
教育与党派立场
Education and Partisanship
摘要
Education weakens the historical link between income and partisanship across democracies, challenging classical models of political economy. Using administrative data on millions of voters exposed to discontinuities in compulsory schooling laws and college admissions in Florida and California, I show that both the extensive margin of years of high school education and the intensive margin of college selectivity can reduce Republican Party affiliation. Effects generalize across generations (1969 to present), settings, and institutions. Results are consistent with peer socialization shaping sociocultural attitudes alongside career-path mechanisms, rather than deliberate instructor-driven persuasion.
中文摘要
教育削弱了民主国家中收入与党派归属之间的历史联系，对经典政治经济学模型构成挑战。利用佛罗里达州和加利福尼亚州数百万选民受义务教育法和大学录取断点影响的行政数据，我证明高中教育年限的广度边际和大学选择性的强度边际均能减少共和党归属。效应在代际（1969年至今）、情境和制度间具有普遍性。结果与同伴社会化塑造社会文化态度及职业路径机制相一致，而非教师有意的说服所致。