Subjective social status in places that don’t matter: geographical inequalities in France and Germany

Vigna, Nathalie

doi:10.1080/14616696.2022.2163276

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“…Specifically, access to jobs (Rothstein, 2019) and consequently migration to places where jobs are available (Buscha et al, 2021;Sprung-Keyser et al, 2022) have been associated with better chances of upward mobility. In Europe, different regions face dramatically different growth profiles, with some struggling to uphold and improve prosperity for their residents (Diemer et al, 2022;Vigna, 2023).…”

Section: Local Labor Marketsmentioning

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The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in Europe

Granström¹,

Engzell²

2023

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How do opportunities for intergenerational mobility depend on the place where you live? We address this question using European Social Survey data, studying the association in occupational rank and social class between parents and children, and how it varies by region. Both ways of measuring occupational mobility produce similar results but there is a clear distinction between upward mobility, largely driven by structural change, and relative mobility which is thought to closer reflect (in)equality of opportunity. Capital regions are hubs of absolute upward, but not always relative, mobility. Absolute upward mobility is correlated with a range of human capital, labor market, demographic, and socio-spatial characteristics. By contrast, the only robust predictor of relative mobility is income differences between social classes. More inequality entails less mobility, and this relationship holds within countries.

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Section: Local Labor Marketsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in Europe

Granström¹,

Engzell²

2023

Preprint

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“…Similar dynamics are also observed within countries and between sub-national regions. Vigna (2023) showed how, in France and Germany, individuals in peripheral regions, far from large urban centres and with lower levels of economic development, show consistently lower levels of subjective social position. In addition, the temporal development of structural inequality ensures different opportunities for upward mobility in different contexts and at different times, influencing the relationship between the situation of origin and the current situation (Nolan & Weisstanner, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…If we somewhat depart from classical socio-economic status theory (Ganzeboom et al, 1992), subjective social position represents something very useful: it potentially detects in a single score the result of the interrelation and juxtaposition of individual identities. This question has been widely related to health and well-being but is well-established in the sociological literature (Gidron & Hall, 2017Nolan & Weisstanner, 2022;Oesch & Vigna, 2022, 2023. The presence of very few generic reference points -'top' and 'bottom'makes it easily comparable across time and space (Evans & Kelley, 2004), but doubts have been raised as to what the question really detects (Evans & Tilley, 2017).…”

Section: Subjective Social Positionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Where I Stand and What I Stand For. Subjective Social Status and Attitudes Towards Redistribution

Melli¹

2023

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The influence of social position on political attitudes is well established in con- temporary literature. We analyze the relevance of the subjective aspects of social stratification in shaping attitudes towards redistribution in thirteen Western Euro- pean countries, Australia, and the USA. We use ISSP data covering twenty years. Results show that individuals with lower subjective position display higher support for redistribution and perception of income inequality. Exploiting the longitudinal nature of the contextual data, we also analyze the role of structural inequalities and their variation. In countries with higher income inequalities, high subjective position individuals show higher support for redistributive policies, which are con- sidered too high. This suggests that individuals who feel they are above the majority of the population, regardless of this high consideration, still perceive material and economic insecurity, and display redistributive attitudes in line with the rest of the population in countries with high inequalities. This has considerable political im- plications, as it illuminates why individuals with high status tend to vote for radical parties in Southern European countries. The results have broader implications, sug- gesting that an approach to social stratification that considers both subjective and objective aspects allows to better clarify support for redistribution.

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“…People are embedded in specific local contexts, and there is reason to believe that judgments of their social class can be influenced by these contexts (Destin et al, 2017). For instance, research has shown that French and German people living in urban areas perceive their social status as higher than others with similar objective positions living in rural areas (e.g., Vigna, 2023). As another example, individuals in more affluent contexts are more prone to perceiving themselves as higher class compared to those with comparable positions in less prosperous contexts (e.g., Evans & Kelley, 2004; but also see Andersen & Curtis, 2012).…”

Section: Formation Of One's Subjective Social Classmentioning

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Income Is a Stronger Predictor of Subjective Social Class in More Economically Unequal Places

Kim,

Sommet

2023

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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In this research, we examine how the lay conceptualization of subjective social class varies based on economic contexts. We argue that income should be a more central component of subjective social class in areas with higher income inequality. To address the issue of low power in existing research, we combined local-level income inequality indicators with large-scale repeated cross-sectional data, enabling the most reliable test to date on how the relationship between income and subjective social class is moderated by inequality. We used nationally representative datasets from the United States and South Korea (encompassing 25,000+ participants from 1,246 regional-year units). In both cultural contexts, our multilevel models revealed that income is a stronger predictor of subjective social class in regions with higher levels of income inequality. This work advances the theoretical and empirical understanding of how income and income inequality interact to shape the perception of one’s position in the social hierarchy.

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Subjective social status in places that don’t matter: geographical inequalities in France and Germany

Cited by 7 publications

References 38 publications

The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in Europe

The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in Europe

Where I Stand and What I Stand For. Subjective Social Status and Attitudes Towards Redistribution

Income Is a Stronger Predictor of Subjective Social Class in More Economically Unequal Places

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