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

Autor/inn/en	Smyth, Russell; Mishra, Vinod; Qian, Xiaolei
Titel	Knowing One's Lot in Life versus Climbing the Social Ladder: The Formation of Redistributive Preferences in Urban China
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 96 (2010) 2, S.275-293 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-009-9478-x
Schlagwörter	Altruism; Income; Economically Disadvantaged; Foreign Countries; Access to Education; Self Concept; Beliefs; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Social Indicators; Predictor Variables; Correlation; Socioeconomic Status; Attitudes; Place of Residence; Economic Opportunities; Socioeconomic Influences; Social Mobility; Equal Education; Social Justice; Social Change; Locus of Control; Urban Areas; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Einkommen; Ausland; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Selbstkonzept; Belief; Glaube; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Prädiktor; Korrelation; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Wohnort; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Soziale Mobilität; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Sozialer Wandel; Urban area; Stadtregion
Abstract	This paper examines, how individual preferences for redistribution in general and redistribution to improve access to education, improve social protection for the poor, reduce income inequality and reduce unemployment depend on beliefs about what determines one's lot in life and self-assessed prospects for climbing the social ladder in urban China. We find that beliefs about what determine one's lot in life and subjective perceptions of future mobility are correlated with preferences for redistribution. We find that those who believe one's lot in life is outside their control are generally more likely to favour redistribution. We show that this result is consistent with the existence of an altruism effect among the rich and entitlement effect among the poor. These findings are robust to the inclusion of control variables for the respondent's personal characteristics and the location in which he or she lives. (As Provided).
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