Working Papers

Does Education Indoctrinate? The Effect of Education on Political Preferences In Democracies and Autocracies

No.

1178

Date

April, 2018

Topic

I2. Education and Research Institutions

Using World Value Survey and European Value Study data spanning 96 countries and over 300,000 individuals, we first establish that the regime type individuals live under moderates the correlation between education and political values. While more education is always associated with more political emancipation, the effect is larger in democracies than in autocracies. We then investigate two mechanisms that can lead to these outcomes โ€“ indoctrination through the education system, and the social and political interests of the educated. First, we look at all countries that have undergone regime change, and ask whether individuals educated under different regimes hold different political values. We find evidence that those educated under a democratic system have a larger political return to education than those educated in autocracies. Second, using the full sample, we relate individualsโ€™ political values to both the regime under which they have studied, and the regime under which they currently live. We find that the educated tend to be more conservative politically when they live in anocracies, than when they live in democracies or autocracies.

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ุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู…ุณุญ ุงู„ู‚ูŠู…ุฉ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…ูŠุฉ ูˆุจูŠุงู†ุงุช ุฏุฑุงุณุฉ ุงู„ู‚ูŠู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆุฑูˆุจูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุบุทูŠ 96 ุฏูˆู„ุฉ ูˆุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† 300,000 ูุฑุฏ ุซุจุช ู„ู†ุง ุฃูˆู„ุงู‹ ุฃู† ู†ุธุงู… ุงู„ุญูƒู… ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุนูŠุด ุงู„ุฃูุฑุงุฏ ููŠ ุธู„ู‡ ูŠูˆุฌู‡ ุงู„ุนู„ุงู‚ุฉ ุจูŠู† ุงู„ุชุนู„ูŠู… ูˆุงู„ู‚ูŠู… ุงู„ุณูŠุงุณูŠุฉ. ูุจูŠู†ู…ุง ูŠุฑุชุจุท ุงู„ู…ุฒูŠุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ุชุนู„ูŠู… ุฏูˆู…ู‹ุง ุจุชุญุฑุฑ ุณูŠุงุณูŠ ุฃูƒุซุฑุŒ ุฅู„ุง ุฃู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุชุฃุซูŠุฑ ูŠูƒูˆู† ุฃูƒุจุฑ ููŠ ุงู„ุฏูŠู…ู‚ุฑุงุทูŠุงุช ู…ู†ู‡ ุชุญุช ุญูƒู… ุงู„ูุฑุฏ ุงู„ู…ุทู„ู‚. ุซู… ู†ู†ุชู‚ู„ ุฅู„ู‰ ุจุญุซ ููŠ ุขู„ูŠุชูŠู† ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ุชุคุฏูŠุง ุฅู„ู‰ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู†ุชุงุฆุฌ โ€“ ูˆู‡ู…ุง ุขู„ูŠุฉ ุชู„ู‚ูŠู† ุนู‚ูŠุฏุฉ ู…ู† ุฎู„ุงู„ ู†ุธุงู… ุงู„ุชุนู„ูŠู…ุŒ ูˆุขู„ูŠุฉ ู„ู…ุตุงู„ุญ ุงู„ุงุฌุชู…ุงุนูŠุฉ ูˆุงู„ุณูŠุงุณูŠุฉ ู„ู„ู…ุชุนู„ู…ูŠู†. ุฃูˆู„ุงู‹ุŒ ู†ุธุฑุชุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุฌู…ูŠุน ุงู„ุจู„ุฏุงู† ุงู„ุชูŠ ุฎุถุนุช ู„ุชุบูŠูŠุฑ ุฃู†ุธู…ุชู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุชุณุงุกู„ู†ุง ุนู…ุง ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฃูุฑุงุฏ ุงู„ู…ุชุนู„ู…ูŠู† ููŠ ุธู„ ุฃู†ุธู…ุฉ ู…ุฎุชู„ูุฉ ูŠุญู…ู„ูˆู† ู‚ูŠู…ู‹ุง ุณูŠุงุณูŠุฉ ู…ุฎุชู„ูุฉ. ููˆุฌุฏู†ุง ุฃุฏู„ุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ุชุนู„ู…ูŠู† ููŠ ุธู„ ู†ุธุงู… ุฏูŠู…ู‚ุฑุงุทูŠ ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ุนุงุฆุฏ ุณูŠุงุณูŠ ุฃูƒุจุฑ ู„ู„ุชุนู„ูŠู… ู…ู† ุฃูˆู„ุฆูƒ ุงู„ู…ุชุนู„ู…ูŠู† ููŠ ุงู„ุฃู†ุธู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆุชูˆู‚ุฑุงุทูŠุฉ. ูˆุซุงู†ูŠุงุŒ ุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ุงู„ุนูŠู†ุฉ ุงู„ูƒุงู…ู„ุฉุŒ ูุฅู†ู†ุง ู†ุฑุจุท ุงู„ู‚ูŠู… ุงู„ุณูŠุงุณูŠุฉ ู„ู„ุฃูุฑุงุฏ ุจุงู„ู†ุธุงู… ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุฏุฑุณูˆุงุง ููŠ ุธู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆุงู„ู†ุธุงู… ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุนูŠุดูˆู† ุชุญุชู‡ ููŠ ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช ุงู„ุญุงู„ูŠ. ู†ุฌุฏ ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ุชุนู„ู…ูŠู† ูŠู…ูŠู„ูˆู† ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃู† ูŠูƒูˆู†ูˆุง ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ุญุงูุธุฉ ุณูŠุงุณูŠุงู‹ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠุนูŠุดูˆู† ููŠ ุงู„ู†ุธู… ุงู„ุฃู†ูˆู‚ุฑุงุทูŠุฉุŒ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู…ุง ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ูŠุนูŠุดูˆู† ููŠ ุฏูˆู„ ุฏูŠู…ู‚ุฑุงุทูŠุฉ ุฃูˆ ุฃู†ุธู…ุฉ ุญูƒู… ุงู„ูุฑุฏ ุงู„ู…ุทู„ู‚

Does Education Indoctrinate? The Effect of Education on Political Preferences In Democracies and Autocracies

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Ishac Diwan

Director of Research, Finance for Development Lab,...

Does Education Indoctrinate? The Effect of Education on Political Preferences In Democracies and Autocracies

Authors

Irina Vartanova

Saint-Petersburg State University