Undergraduate students’ economic literacy, knowledge of the country’s economic performance and opinions regarding appropriate economic policies
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Resumo: | Based on a survey of more than 400 students at the University of Minho in Portugal, we analyse the relationship of (1) basic economic literacy, (2) knowledge of the country’s economic performance, and (3) opinions regarding appropriate economic policies, with previous economic training, and other socioeconomic variables. The results clearly show that economic training has a positive influence on students’ economic literacy and knowledge of the country’s current economic data and conditions. It also influences their assessment of how economic policy should be conducted. We argue that more training in Economics, both at the high school and university levels, is necessary to improve citizens’ knowledge for making personal and social decisions on economic issues. This recommendation is particularly relevant for countries that recently underwent deep economic crises. |
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Undergraduate students’ economic literacy, knowledge of the country’s economic performance and opinions regarding appropriate economic policiesEconomic literacyKnowledge of the country’s economic performanceOpinion on economic policiesTraining in EconomicsBased on a survey of more than 400 students at the University of Minho in Portugal, we analyse the relationship of (1) basic economic literacy, (2) knowledge of the country’s economic performance, and (3) opinions regarding appropriate economic policies, with previous economic training, and other socioeconomic variables. The results clearly show that economic training has a positive influence on students’ economic literacy and knowledge of the country’s current economic data and conditions. It also influences their assessment of how economic policy should be conducted. We argue that more training in Economics, both at the high school and university levels, is necessary to improve citizens’ knowledge for making personal and social decisions on economic issues. This recommendation is particularly relevant for countries that recently underwent deep economic crises.The authors thank the very useful comments of João C. Silva. This paper is a result of the project “SmartEGOV: Harnessing EGOV for Smart Governance (Foundations, methods, Tools) / NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000037”, supported by Norte Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (EFDR). This paper was also financed by National Funds of the FCT — Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology within the project "UID/ECO/03182/2019".Universidade do Minho. Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas (NIPE)Universidade do MinhoMartins, João OliveiraVeiga, Linda Gonçalves20192019-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/62585enghttps://www.eeg.uminho.pt/pt/investigar/nipe/Paginas/publicacoes.aspxinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:46:34Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/62585Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:44:34.818194Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Undergraduate students’ economic literacy, knowledge of the country’s economic performance and opinions regarding appropriate economic policies |
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Undergraduate students’ economic literacy, knowledge of the country’s economic performance and opinions regarding appropriate economic policies |
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Undergraduate students’ economic literacy, knowledge of the country’s economic performance and opinions regarding appropriate economic policies Martins, João Oliveira Economic literacy Knowledge of the country’s economic performance Opinion on economic policies Training in Economics |
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Undergraduate students’ economic literacy, knowledge of the country’s economic performance and opinions regarding appropriate economic policies |
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Undergraduate students’ economic literacy, knowledge of the country’s economic performance and opinions regarding appropriate economic policies |
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Undergraduate students’ economic literacy, knowledge of the country’s economic performance and opinions regarding appropriate economic policies |
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Undergraduate students’ economic literacy, knowledge of the country’s economic performance and opinions regarding appropriate economic policies |
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Undergraduate students’ economic literacy, knowledge of the country’s economic performance and opinions regarding appropriate economic policies |
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Martins, João Oliveira |
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Martins, João Oliveira Veiga, Linda Gonçalves |
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Veiga, Linda Gonçalves |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Martins, João Oliveira Veiga, Linda Gonçalves |
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Economic literacy Knowledge of the country’s economic performance Opinion on economic policies Training in Economics |
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Economic literacy Knowledge of the country’s economic performance Opinion on economic policies Training in Economics |
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Based on a survey of more than 400 students at the University of Minho in Portugal, we analyse the relationship of (1) basic economic literacy, (2) knowledge of the country’s economic performance, and (3) opinions regarding appropriate economic policies, with previous economic training, and other socioeconomic variables. The results clearly show that economic training has a positive influence on students’ economic literacy and knowledge of the country’s current economic data and conditions. It also influences their assessment of how economic policy should be conducted. We argue that more training in Economics, both at the high school and university levels, is necessary to improve citizens’ knowledge for making personal and social decisions on economic issues. This recommendation is particularly relevant for countries that recently underwent deep economic crises. |
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