Meritocratic beliefs and economic growth: A mediating effect of economic inequality

Meritocratic beliefs are defined as people's beliefs in the importance of hard work in societal success relative to other structural factors. As economic inequality grows, the plausibility of fair meritocracy has been called into a question, especially by those left behind by the supposedly mer...

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Main Authors: Youli Cho, Zheng Fang, Nicholas Cheng Siang Sim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-07-01
Series:Asia and the Global Economy
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667111523000191