tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post5380625183031020482..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Income, education, and ignoranceEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-73329912107954325242009-03-17T09:35:00.000+13:002009-03-17T09:35:00.000+13:00I checked income and left-wing ideology in a few w...I checked income and left-wing ideology in a few ways. First, I ran a simple probit regression: the poorest are no more likely to be left-wing than are the richest, but the richest are more likely to be right wing. I then also ran some conditional means: the fraction of each income cohort reporting left-wing ideology doesn't vary much by income cohort, or at least not systematically. <BR/><BR/>Since I'm also correcting for income in the regressions, I don't think it could have been that income were driving things, but even if I hadn't, the raw income breakdowns don't bear it out.Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-67050515952315102162009-03-17T08:18:00.000+13:002009-03-17T08:18:00.000+13:00One thing that stood out to me from your previous ...One thing that stood out to me from your previous posts: the left wing ideologues were less ignorant, AND worse economic thinkers. This is contrary to the overall correlation. Left wingers are probably disproportionately situated in the lower income levels (certainly true in the US). I agree that degree/education structure could be an influence as NZ degrees are definitely less broad than US ones, but could the nature of this left wing group explain this difference in part?Camhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950362224493010407noreply@blogger.com