Ideology and Economist's Views on Inequality and Discrimination

Evidence From Uruguay

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21358013
AutoresAmarante (0000-0003-3642-7009, Universidad de la República de Uruguay), Verónica Amarante (Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración, Instituto de Economía (IECON), Universidad de la República Montevideo Uruguay), Marisa Bucheli (0000-0003-0159-4712, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Departamento de Economía Universidad de la República Montevideo Uruguay), Tatiana Pérez (Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Departamento de Economía Universidad de la República Montevideo Uruguay, autor correspondente)
Ano2026
Volume79
Fascículo3
Páginas700-723
Data de publicação2026-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoKyklos (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0023-5962 • E-ISSN: 1467-6435
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/kykl.70052
OpenAlexW7153354288
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas40

This paper investigates how the ideological profiles of Uruguayan economists relate to their opinions regarding inequality and discrimination. Based on survey data, we explore the links between three ideological dimensions—political orientation, sexist attitudes (benevolent and hostile), and pro‐market beliefs—and their opinions. We find that right‐wing political ideology, hostile sexism, and pro‐market attitudes are consistently associated with lower agreement that income distribution should be more equitable, lower recognition of gender and racial discrimination, and reduced support for redistributive and antidiscrimination policies. By contrast, benevolent sexism exhibits weaker and more inconsistent associations with economists' views. We further show that whereas diagnostic assessments mediate the relationship between ideology and policy preferences, ideological orientations continue to exert direct effects on policy views even after controlling for diagnoses. These findings reveal that disagreements among economists about inequality and discrimination reflect not only different interpretations of evidence but also distinct normative commitments shaped by ideology. Our results challenge the notion of economics as a value‐neutral discipline and highlight the need for greater reflexivity about how personal beliefs influence economic analysis and policy recommendations

Economic inequality · Ideology · Inequality · Normative · Politics · Reflexivity · Computational and Text Analysis Methods · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Media Influence and Politics