Populist Manipulation or Personal Beliefs? A Study of the Divergent Perceptions of the Social Order in Switzerland.

Autor/inn/en	Abrassart, Aurelien; Wolter, Stefan C.
Institution	Universität Zürich / Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Titel	Populist Manipulation or Personal Beliefs? A Study of the Divergent Perceptions of the Social Order in Switzerland.
Quelle	Zürich: Universität, IBW (2019), 44 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Working Paper / Swiss Leading House Economics of Education. 156
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Sozialer Status; Arbeitsmarkt; Schweiz
Abstract	Because of an important consistency in the prestige ratings of occupations from respondents across various social groups, countries and over time, the roots of divergent perceptions of the social order have attracted little attention. Yet structural changes in modern economies, brought by rapid globalization and technological change, and the rise of populism might have triggered a growing contestation of the foundations of the social order. We contribute to this important question by analyzing a unique data set in Switzerland based on a survey of adults' perception of the social prestige of occupations. As our results indicate, identification with major or minor right-wing populist parties does not significantly influence one's view of the social world. Rather, a radicalization of individual belief systems is the cause of the lower impact of the educational requirements and salience in autonomy of occupations on their perceived social prestige.
Erfasst von	Informations- und Dokumentationszentrum IDES, Bern
Update	2019/3