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@article{ Bartram2023,
 title = {Does belief in meritocracy increase with inequality? A reconsideration for European countries},
 author = {Bartram, David},
 journal = {British Journal of Sociology},
 number = {5},
 pages = {763-780},
 volume = {74},
 year = {2023},
 issn = {1468-4446},
 doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.13042},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-98053-7},
 abstract = {Recent research finds that higher inequality reinforces a tendency to see inequality as legitimate, via beliefs about meritocracy. That pattern appears in a cross-sectional analysis - but it is seemingly evident also in a longitudinal analysis: an increase in inequality apparently leads to a stronger perception of a meritocratic process. I reconsider that finding here via an analysis that uses (1) a different set of countries, (2) a different time-period, and (3) different measures of inequality and beliefs about meritocracy. Using data from the European Social Survey on 17 countries from 2008 to 2016, I present results that are in tension with earlier research: an increase in inequality leads people to disagree more strongly with a core meritocratic principle - that is, the idea that large differences in incomes are needed to reward talents and effort.},
 keywords = {Europa; Europe; Ungleichheit; inequality; Meritokratie; meritocracy}}