ERIC Number: EJ1488580
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0485
EISSN: EISSN-2152-4068
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Economic Literacy and Public Policy Views
Jared Barton1; Cortney Rodet2
Journal of Economic Education, v56 n4 p290-305 2025
The authors measure economic literacy among a representative sample of U.S. residents, explore demographic correlates with the measure, and examine how respondents' policy views correlate with it. They then analyze policy view differences among Republicans and Democrats and among economists and non-economists. They find significant differences in economic literacy by sex, race/ethnicity, and education, but little evidence that respondents' policy views relate to their level of economic literacy. Examining heterogeneity by political party, they find that estimated fully economically literate policy views (i.e., predicted views as if respondents scored perfectly on the authors' economic literacy assessment) for Democrats and Republicans are farther apart than respondents' original views. Greater economic literacy among general survey respondents also does not result in thinking like an economist on policy.
Descriptors: Economics, Public Policy, Attitudes, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Educational Attainment, Political Affiliation, Expertise, Lay People
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Test of Economic Literacy
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Author Affiliations: 1California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, USA; 2Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA

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