like economists: if they are well-educated; if they are male; if their real income rose over the last five years; if they …The positive economic beliefs of economists and the general public systematically differ. What factors make non-economists … think more like economists? Using the Survey of Americans and Economists on the Economy, this paper shows people think more …

economic position of men in these populations is at least partially responsible for these trends. That leads to the reverse … hypothesis that an increase in potential earnings of less-educated men would correspondingly lead to an increase in marriage and … led to increased wages for non-college-educated men. A reduced form analysis reveals that in response to local …