Replication Data for: Great Expectations: The Effect of Unmet Labor Market Expectations After Higher Education on Ideology (doi:10.7910/DVN/ACRFJM)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Great Expectations: The Effect of Unmet Labor Market Expectations After Higher Education on Ideology

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/ACRFJM

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2023-09-26

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Cox, Loreto, 2023, "Replication Data for: Great Expectations: The Effect of Unmet Labor Market Expectations After Higher Education on Ideology", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ACRFJM, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Great Expectations: The Effect of Unmet Labor Market Expectations After Higher Education on Ideology

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/ACRFJM

Authoring Entity:

Cox, Loreto (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

Producer:

Cox, Loreto

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Cox, Loreto

Depositor:

Cox, Loreto

Date of Deposit:

2023-05-30

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ACRFJM

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, Unmet expectations, Higher education, Ideology, Political behavior

Abstract:

Higher education has massively expanded around the world, yet we know little about the political consequences of this expansion. Students generally have overly optimistic expectations about the returns to educational investment and the effects of unmet expectations on graduates’ political behavior have been overlooked. I study this phenomenon in Chile with observational and experimental methods, using unique panel survey data collected from new graduates covering 72% of higher education enrollment. The survey tracks students before and after they enter the labor market and includes an experiment that induces variation in their expectations. The panel data reveals that 65% of students have unmet expectations, and both methods indicate that this induces a shift toward pro-government/pro-equality ideology. Overall, this study shows that the gap between aspirations and reality upon graduation can be an important driver of political attitudes.

Country:

Chile

Notes:

This dataset underwent an independent verification process that replicated the tables and figures in the primary article. For the supplementary materials, verification was performed solely for the successful execution of code. The verification process was carried out by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. <br></br> The associated article has been awarded Open Materials and Open Data Badges. Learn more about the Open Practice Badges from the <a href="https://osf.io/tvyxz/wiki/home/" target="_blank">Center for Open Science</a>.<br></br> <img src="https://odum.unc.edu/files/2020/03/OpenData_PR-1.png" alt="Open Data Badge" height="77" width="80"> <img src="https://odum.unc.edu/files/2020/03/OpenMaterials_PR-1.png" alt="Open Materials Badge" height="77" width="80">

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Sources:

Ministry of Education, Chile (2023). “Base de datos de matrícula en Educación Superior,” available at https://datosabiertos.mineduc.cl/matricula-en-educacion-superior/

Data Access

Disclaimer:

The <i>American Journal of Political Science</i> and the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science are not responsible for the accuracy or quality of data uploaded within the <i>AJPS</i> Dataverse, for the use of those data, or for interpretations or conclusions based on their use.

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Citation

Title:

Cox, Loreto. [date]. “Great Expectations: The Effect of Unmet Labor Market Expectations After Higher Education on Ideology.” <i>American Journal of Political Science</i> Forthcoming. <a href="http://ajps.org/" target="_blank">http://ajps.org/</a>

Bibliographic Citation:

Cox, Loreto. [date]. “Great Expectations: The Effect of Unmet Labor Market Expectations After Higher Education on Ideology.” <i>American Journal of Political Science</i> Forthcoming. <a href="http://ajps.org/" target="_blank">http://ajps.org/</a>

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Codebook Replication Material for Great Expectations.pdf

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Codebook for the 4 datasets

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data_final.RData

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Main data

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institutions.RData

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Info on higher education institutions

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Manual_Tabulation_of_open-ended_questions.xlsx

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Manual tabulation of topics in open-ended question from data_final.RData

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README.txt

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Description of files in package

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real_students.RData

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Information on total number of students by institution and individual characteristics

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replication_appendix.R

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Code for running analyses in appendix (run after code for paper)

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replication_paper.R

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Code for running analyses in paper

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weights.RData

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Database used to construct population weights

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