Arbeitspapier
The preadult origins of post-materialism: a longitudinal sibling study
Using a research design that traces siblings' preferences for postmaterialistic values in Germany over two decades, this paper provides new evidence on the origins of value preferences. Focusing on Inglehart's thesis of value change, we test the combined socialization and scarcity hypothesis 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 the permanent component of preferences for post-materialistic policies. In addition to weak effect of the shared experience of socioeconomic scarcity, we find that the intergenerational transmission of postmaterialism - which is disregarded by Inglehart's original thesis - plays a significant role in value preference acquisition. We discuss the implications of our individual-level findings for forecasts of aggregate-level trends in value change.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 797
- Klassifikation
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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
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Value preferences
postmaterialism
sibling estimates
intergenerational transmission
hierarchical regression modeling
Soziale Werte
Postmaterialismus
Jugendliche
Generationenbeziehungen
Familiensoziologie
Deutschland
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Kroh, Martin
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
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Berlin
- (wann)
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2008
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Kroh, Martin
- Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Entstanden
- 2008
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