Do Economists Agree on Anything? Yes!

Whaples, Robert

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“…Numerous studies using survey data to examine the degree of consensus among economists have been published over the past 25 years (Alston, Kearl, and Vaughan 1992;Frey et al 1984;Fuller and Geide-Stevenson 2003;Kearl et al 1979;Whaples 2006). While these surveys appeared relatively late in economics as compared with other social science disciplines, the importance of consensus within the discipline has a long history.…”

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Are Disagreements Among Male and Female Economists Marginal at Best?: A Survey of Aea Members and Their Views on Economics and Economic Policy

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McGarvey²,

Whaples

2013

Contemporary Economic Policy

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The authors survey economists in the United States holding membership in the American Economic Association (AEA) to determine if there are significant differences in views between male and female economists on important policy issues. Controlling for place of current employment (academic institution with graduate program, academic institution—undergraduate only, government, for‐profit institution) and decade of PhD, the authors find many areas in which economists agree. However, important differences exist in the views of male and female economists on issues including the minimum wage, views on labor standards, health insurance, and especially on explanations for the gender wage gap and issues of equal opportunity in the labor market and the economics profession itself. These results lend support to the notion that gender diversity in policy‐making circles may be an important aspect in broadening the menu of public policy choices. (JEL A11, J78, A14)

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Section: A Consensus and The Economics Professionmentioning

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Are Disagreements Among Male and Female Economists Marginal at Best?: A Survey of Aea Members and Their Views on Economics and Economic Policy

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McGarvey²,

Whaples

2013

Contemporary Economic Policy

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“…12 See also Whaples (2006), Fuller and Geide-Stevenson (2003), and Alston et al (1992). Table 6 Sign patterns in the GSS: education, male gender, income growth, job security √ = Coefficient significant at the 5% level and increases agreement with "economistic" views × = Coefficient significant at the 5% level and decreases agreement with "economistic" views GSS-normative Education Male Income Job security…”

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Positive versus normative economics: what’s the connection? Evidence from the Survey of Americans and Economists on the Economy and the General Social Survey

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Miller

2010

Public Choice

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Previous research suggests that positive and normative beliefs about economics are largely unrelated. Using questions from two national surveys, this study finds that: (a) the underlying determinants of positive and normative beliefs are strikingly similar; (b) education is by far the strongest overall determinant of both positive and normative beliefs; and (c) the variables known to push positive beliefs in the same direction as formal economic training-education, male gender, income growth, and job security-also push normative beliefs in the same direction. These results strongly suggest that the positive-normative connection has been underestimated.

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“…Much earlier research on the topic used traditional panel-data estimation methods which were common 1 In 2006, PhD-holders of the AEA were about evenly split between (1) raising the minimum wage or keeping it at its current level and (2) decreasing it or completely eliminating it [Whaples 2006], although, to be sure, supporting the former does not mean one has to abandon the belief that minimum wages increase unemployment. 4 at that time (e.g., Neumark and Wascher [1992]).…”

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2013

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Do Economists Agree on Anything? Yes!

Abstract: Despite the appearances to the contrary, survey evidence by Robert Whaples suggests that economists agree on a wide range of policy issues from free trade to educational vouchers. Climate change and Social Security remain areas of disagreement.

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Are Disagreements Among Male and Female Economists Marginal at Best?: A Survey of Aea Members and Their Views on Economics and Economic Policy

Are Disagreements Among Male and Female Economists Marginal at Best?: A Survey of Aea Members and Their Views on Economics and Economic Policy

Positive versus normative economics: what’s the connection? Evidence from the Survey of Americans and Economists on the Economy and the General Social Survey

High-Impact Minimum Wages and Heterogeneous Regions

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