Article
Informer ideology matters
An at-scale experiment on evidence-informed policy implementation
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1The probability of the recommended policy being implemented increases by 65% when the institution providing the information is aligned ideologically with the decision maker, in comparison with those cases in which the latter receives no information.
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2When the institution that provides the information has an ideology at odds with that of the decision maker, the information has no effect.
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3Information coming from an international academic institution does not exert a statistically significant influence, being approximately half of that exerted by information from an ideologically aligned institution.
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4Newspaper articles and policy briefs are equally effective (or ineffective) for encouraging the adoption of evidence-informed policies when there is ideological alignment (or misalignment).
