Testing the Hypothesis of “Impressionable Years” With Willingness to Self-Censor in Chile

Etchegaray, Nicolle; Scherman, Andrés; Valenzuela, Sebastián

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“…We would nevertheless expect older respondents to falsify more because of their lived experience of more repressive periods of CCP rule, such as the cultural revolution and Tiananmen square protests (see e.g. Etchegaray et al, 2018; Jiang and Yang, 2016).…”

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Self-censorship of regime support in authoritarian states: Evidence from list experiments in China

Robinson

Tannenberg

2019

Research & Politics

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The study of popular support for authoritarian regimes has long relied on the assumption that respondents provide truthful answers to surveys. However, when measuring regime support in closed political systems there is a distinct risk that individuals are less than forthright due to fear that their opinions may be made known to the public or the authorities. In order to test this assumption, we conducted a novel web-based survey in China in which we included four list experiments of commonly used items in the comparative literature on regime support. We find systematic bias for all four measures; substantially more individuals state that they support the regime with direct questioning than when presented with our indirect list experiments. The level of self-censorship, which ranges from 24.5 to 26.5 percentage points, is considerably higher than previously thought. Self-censorship is further most prevalent among the wealthy, urban, female and younger respondents.

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Self-censorship of regime support in authoritarian states: Evidence from list experiments in China

Robinson

Tannenberg

2019

Research & Politics

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“…In terms of applications, Giuliano and Spilimbergo (2013) establish that experiencing a recession between the ages of 18 and 25 has a significant impact on political preferences and beliefs about the economy. Using survey data from Chile, Etchegaray et al (2018) show that individuals in their impressionable years in periods of political repression have a greater tendency to withhold their opinions, compared to those who grew up in less repressive times. Farzanegan and Gholipour (2019) find that Iranians experiencing the Iran-Iraq War in their impressionable years are more likely to prioritize a strong defense.…”

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Revenge of the experts: Will COVID-19 renew or diminish public trust in science?

Eichengreen

Aksoy

Saka

2021

Journal of Public Economics

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for helpful comments. We are also grateful to Kimiya Akhyani for providing very useful research assistance. Views presented are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the EBRD. All interpretations, errors, and omissions are our own. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.

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“…In terms of applications, Giuliano and Spilimbergo (2014) establish that experiencing a recession between the ages of 18 and 25 has a significant impact on political preferences and beliefs about the economy. Using survey research from Chile, Etchegaray et al (2018) show that individuals in their impressionable years during periods of political repression have a greater tendency to withhold their opinions, compared to those who grew up in less repressive times. Farzanegan and Gholipour (2019) find that Iranians who experienced the Iran-Iraq War in their impressionable years are more likely to prioritize a strong defense.…”

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The Political Scar of Epidemics

Aksoy,

Eichengreen,

Saka

2020

SSRN Journal

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What will be political legacy of the Coronavirus pandemic? We find that epidemic exposure in an individual's "impressionable years" (ages 18 to 25) has a persistent negative effect on confidence in political institutions and leaders. We find similar negative effects on confidence in public health systems, suggesting that the loss of confidence in political leadership and institutions is associated with healthcare-related policies at the time of the epidemic. In line with this argument, our results are mostly driven by individuals who experienced epidemics under weak governments with less capacity to act against the epidemic, disappointing their citizens. We provide evidence of this mechanism by showing that weak governments took longer to introduce policy interventions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. These results imply that the Coronavirus may leave behind a long-lasting political scar on the current young generation ("Generation Z").

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Testing the Hypothesis of “Impressionable Years” With Willingness to Self-Censor in Chile

Cited by 22 publications

References 28 publications

Self-censorship of regime support in authoritarian states: Evidence from list experiments in China

Self-censorship of regime support in authoritarian states: Evidence from list experiments in China

Revenge of the experts: Will COVID-19 renew or diminish public trust in science?

The Political Scar of Epidemics

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