Populist Manipulation or Personal Beliefs? A Study of the Divergent Perceptions of the Social Order in Switzerland

Aurelien Abrassart and Stefan Wolter
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Aurelien Abrassart: University of Bern

No 156, Economics of Education Working Paper Series from University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW)

Abstract: Because of an important consistency in the prestige ratings of occupations from respondents across various social groups, countries and over time, the roots of divergent perceptions of the social order have attracted little attention. Yet structural changes in modern economies, brought by rapid globalization and technological change, and the rise of populism might have triggered a growing contestation of the foundations of the social order. We contribute to this important question by analyzing a unique data set in Switzerland based on a survey of adults' perception of the social prestige of occupations. As our results indicate, identification with major or minor right-wing populist parties does not significantly influence one's view of the social world. Rather, a radicalization of individual belief systems is the cause of the lower impact of the educational requirements and salience in autonomy of occupations on their perceived social prestige.

Keywords: Autonomy; educational requirements; occupational prestige ranking; political radicalization; populism; social order (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2019-02
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