Perception-reality bias: the differences in government trust across income groups
This paper first measures and compares the size of middle-income groups in China based on the subjective income evaluation method and the objective criteria. Second, it empirically investigates the differences in government trust of different income groups defined by the subjective evaluation method...
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| description | This paper first measures and compares the size of middle-income groups in China based on the subjective income evaluation method and the objective criteria. Second, it empirically investigates the differences in government trust of different income groups defined by the subjective evaluation method and the objective criteria. It is found that there is a significant difference between the results of the subjective evaluation of income and objective criteria. Compared with individuals in the middle-income group, individuals in the low-income group have a significantly worse overall evaluation of local government and a considerably lower trust in local government officials. On the other hand, individuals in the high-income group have a substantially better assessment of local government and a significantly higher trust in local government officials. However, the differences in trust in government across income groups defined by objective criteria are insignificant overall. In terms of policy insights, the effect of targeting low-income groups determined by subjective evaluation may be more effective in improving people’s trust in the government. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d1f7a708fdac48df9824efa8b3a221882023-07-21T09:03:22ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-07-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11578281157828Perception-reality bias: the differences in government trust across income groupsKezhong Jiang0Yiqiang Zhang1Victor Shi2School of Public Finance and Administration, Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, Shanghai, ChinaSchool of Public Finance and Administration, Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, Shanghai, ChinaLazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, CanadaThis paper first measures and compares the size of middle-income groups in China based on the subjective income evaluation method and the objective criteria. Second, it empirically investigates the differences in government trust of different income groups defined by the subjective evaluation method and the objective criteria. It is found that there is a significant difference between the results of the subjective evaluation of income and objective criteria. Compared with individuals in the middle-income group, individuals in the low-income group have a significantly worse overall evaluation of local government and a considerably lower trust in local government officials. On the other hand, individuals in the high-income group have a substantially better assessment of local government and a significantly higher trust in local government officials. However, the differences in trust in government across income groups defined by objective criteria are insignificant overall. In terms of policy insights, the effect of targeting low-income groups determined by subjective evaluation may be more effective in improving people’s trust in the government.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1157828/fullsubjective evaluationobjective criteriabiasmiddle-income groupgovernment trust |
| spellingShingle | Kezhong Jiang Yiqiang Zhang Victor Shi Perception-reality bias: the differences in government trust across income groups Frontiers in Psychology subjective evaluation objective criteria bias middle-income group government trust |
| title | Perception-reality bias: the differences in government trust across income groups |
| title_full | Perception-reality bias: the differences in government trust across income groups |
| title_fullStr | Perception-reality bias: the differences in government trust across income groups |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perception-reality bias: the differences in government trust across income groups |
| title_short | Perception-reality bias: the differences in government trust across income groups |
| title_sort | perception reality bias the differences in government trust across income groups |
| topic | subjective evaluation objective criteria bias middle-income group government trust |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1157828/full |
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