Changing classes, changing preferences
How Social Class Mobility Affects Economic Preferences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6407871 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Macarena Ares (0000-0002-8156-9498, Institute for Political Science, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1211-1237 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402382.2019.1644575 |
| OpenAlex | W2974940689 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 33 |
| References cited | 42 |
While many studies have identified an association between social class and economic preferences, we know little about the implications of changes in class location for these preferences. This article assesses how social class and intra-generational class mobility affect economic preferences drawing on longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey. In doing so, the article adopts a post-industrial perspective that considers horizontal and vertical class divisions. Even when time-invariant characteristics of individuals are kept constant (through fixed-effects estimation), it is found that both vertical and horizontal class location explain economic preferences. Thus, these estimations suggest that social class moulds preferences, even when accounting for factors that can lead to selection into classes. Moreover, people who change classes hold different economic preferences than their peers in the class of origin, but do not completely assimilate into their class of destination. This implies that growing intra-generational class mobility could undermine the class basis of political conflict
Affect (linguistics · Class (philosophy · Demographic economics · Economics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Social class · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 33 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 32 |