The paradox of inequality that isn’t: rising economic inequality depresses and polarizes citizens’ belief in meritocracy
This study examines how rising income inequality has been impacting individuals’ belief in merit-based success, using three decades of survey data from 39 advanced capitalist democracies. Challenging the seminal finding of a “paradox of inequality,” we find no evidence of a positive effect of inequa...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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08 March 2026
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Socio-economic review
Year: 2026, Pages: 1-22 |
| ISSN: | 1475-147X |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ser/mwag016 |
| Online Access: | Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwag016 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://academic.oup.com/ser/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ser/mwag016/8510689 
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| Author Notes: | Sven Ehmes and Markus Gangl |
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