Perceptions of upward social mobility: The role of culture, social class and meritocratic beliefs

• Main Author: TANG, Bek Wuay
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: social mobility; estimation bias; beliefs; meritocracy; social class; Organization Development; Sociology of Culture
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/255; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1258&context=etd_coll
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Perceptions of social mobility affect how people evaluate their society and influence support for policies to reduce income inequality. Although prior research has shown that Americans tend to overestimate upward social mobility (Alesina, Stantcheva, & Teso, 2018; Davidai & Gilovich, 2015; K...