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Consensos, disensos e ideología: el caso de los economistas en Uruguay

No. 94 | 2023-07-19
  • Verónica Amarante
  • Marisa Bucheli
  • Maria Cecilia Lara Martínez
    Universidad de la República
https://doi.org/10.13043/DYS.94.3

Resumen

Este artículo analiza el grado de consenso entre los economistas en relación con varios temas económicos para el caso uruguayo. Se encuentra que los niveles de consenso son menores a los de otros países aunque los disensos también los son, predominando un nivel modesto de acuerdos. Los mayores niveles de acuerdo se detectan en preguntas relativas a discriminación y, en menor medida, a temas ambientales. También se encuentra acuerdo en la necesidad de mayor equidad de ingresos y en la importancia del rol del Estado para alcanzarla, pero no hay consenso sobre las herramientas redistributivas más apropiadas. En base a un análisis de correspondencia múltiple y utilizando la metodología de clusters, se distinguen dos grupos diferenciados en función de sus opiniones sobre temas económicos, los cuales están fuertemente asociados a su ideología y la posición ideológica de los padres.

Palabras clave: Ideología, Economía, América Latina

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