Knowing One’s Lot in Life Versus Climbing the Social Ladder: The Formation of Redistributive Preferences in Urban China

Smyth, Russell; Mishra, Vinod; Qian, Xiaolei

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“…In the Chinese case, the lingering effects of communist ideology may have a role to play. Smyth et al (2009a) found that communist ideology affected preferences for redistribution in urban China. Several studies have also found that Marxist beliefs or socialist heritage are important in influencing people's belief formation.…”

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Job satisfaction and relative income in economic transition: Status or signal?

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Smyth

2010

China Economic Review

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Job satisfaction and relative income in economic transition: Status or signal?

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China Economic Review

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“…Scholars, including Gijsberts () and Hadler (), have asserted that perceived economic inequality is as important as objective indicators of economic inequality. A sociological approach focuses on an individual's social beliefs regarding what the ideal society looks like and what the society one lives in looks like (Alesina & La Ferrara, ; Kuhn, ; Linos & West, ; Pittau, Massari, & Zelli, ; Smyth, Mishra, & Qian, ). Perceived economic inequality is strongly associated with political ideology or policy attitudes (Bartels, ).…”

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Perceptions of inequality and attitudes towards redistribution in four East Asian welfare states

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This study examined the effects of perceived economic inequality and inequality of opportunity on individual preferences for redistributive policies among people in mainland China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Using data from the 2009 International Social Survey Program, a series of regression analyses were performed. Results of the analyses indicate that perceived economic inequality is the most significant predictive factor of attitudes towards redistribution in all four states. Perceived inequality of opportunity was positively associated with favourable attitudes towards redistribution in mainland China and South Korea. Perceived socioeconomic status was not found to have a significant effect on attitudes towards redistribution in South Korea.

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“…Rather than social inequality, therefore, the idea of fairness might be more appropriate for explaining the structure of support for redistribution (Becker, 2019; Dimick et al, 2016; Kulin and Meuleman, 2015; Starmans et al, 2017). If individuals believe that they have fewer or no chance for upward mobility, they are more likely to support redistribution (Alesina et al, 2018; Kulin and Meuleman, 2015; Smyth et al, 2010). This might also suggest that the equality of chance, and not the equality of outcome, is profoundly related to the support for social policies.…”

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Support for social policies: Focusing on effects of group belonging

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2022

Rationality and Society

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This study aims to elucidate the structure of support for social policies (redistribution and free competition), focusing on the role of community interests (especially demographic decline). To this end, Japan was selected as a case study because it has the highest proportion of the elderly population in the world. The author analyzed data from the National Survey of Social Stratification and Social Mobility in 2015 and the Population Census for the same year, employing ordered logit models. The results revealed that people living in demographically declining communities were more likely to support redistribution and less likely to endorse free competition, compared to individuals from other communities. Furthermore, compared to the underprivileged, wealthy individuals were more likely to consider community interests irrespective of individual benefits. This finding demonstrates that community interests may have a significant influence on individuals’ policy preferences.

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Knowing One’s Lot in Life Versus Climbing the Social Ladder: The Formation of Redistributive Preferences in Urban China

Abstract: China, Equal opportunities, Redistribution, Mobility,

Cited by 15 publications

References 28 publications

Job satisfaction and relative income in economic transition: Status or signal?

Job satisfaction and relative income in economic transition: Status or signal?

Perceptions of inequality and attitudes towards redistribution in four East Asian welfare states

Support for social policies: Focusing on effects of group belonging

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