The Preadult Origins of Postmaterialism: A Longitudinal Sibling Study

Artikel

Using a research design that traces siblings' preferences for postmaterialist values in Germany over two decades, this article provides new evidence on the origins of value preferences. Focusing on Inglehart's thesis of value change, the combined socialisation and scarcity hypothesis is tested against the social learning hypothesis – a prominent rival account of preadult value preference formation. Sibling estimates show that the shared preadult environment does indeed exert lasting effects on preferences for postmaterialist policies. In addition to the weak effect of the shared experience of socioeconomic scarcity, it is found that the intergenerational transmission of postmaterialism, disregarded by Inglehart's original thesis, plays a significant role in value preference acquisition. The implications of individual-level findings for forecasts of aggregate-level trends in value change are discussed.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: European Journal of Political Research ; ISSN: 1475-6765 ; Volume: 48 ; Year: 2009 ; Issue: 5 ; Pages: 598-621 ; Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification ; Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
• Thema: Familie ; Ethik ; Panel ; Deutschland

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Kroh, Martin
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): John Wiley & Sons ; ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
• (wo): Hoboken, NJ
• (wann): 2009-08

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.2009.00843.x
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/74464
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ