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Meritocratic beliefs and economic growth: A mediating effect of economic inequality
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Abstract Meritocratic beliefs are defined as people's beliefs in the importance of hard work in societal success relative to other structural factors. As economic inequality grows, the plausibility of fair meritocracy has been called into a question, especially by those left behind by the supposedly meritocr... mehr
Meritocratic beliefs are defined as people's beliefs in the importance of hard work in societal success relative to other structural factors. As economic inequality grows, the plausibility of fair meritocracy has been called into a question, especially by those left behind by the supposedly meritocratic systems. Using data from the inequality module of International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), we find that a stronger belief in meritocratic values is associated with higher levels of inequality. Furthermore, our findings demonstrate a positive link between meritocratic beliefs and economic growth, with some indications that this relationship is mediated by inequality. From a policy perspective, this suggests that when efforts to engineer more equal outcomes in societies undermine the rewards of meritocracy, it has the potential to impede economic growth.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Meritokratie; Leistungsgesellschaft; Ungleichheit; ökonomische Faktoren; Wachstum; Wirtschaft; Wirtschaftswachstum; ISSP; soziale Ungleichheit; Arbeit
Klassifikation
Wirtschaftssoziologie
Volkswirtschaftstheorie
Freie Schlagwörter
Economic inequality; Economic growth; Mediation analysis; International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality I - ISSP 1987 (ZA1680); International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality II - ISSP 1992 (ZA2310); International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality III - ISSP 1999 (ZA3430); International Social Survey Programme: Family and Changing Gender Roles III - ISSP 2002 (ZA3880); International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality V - ISSP 2019 (ZA7600)
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 1-9
Zeitschriftentitel
Asia and the Global Economy, 3 (2023) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aglobe.2023.100072
ISSN
2667-1115
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0