Reposted by Sven Ehmes
Out now at American Sociological Review: "Countervailing Powers: Labor Unions Against the Buyer Power of Walmart Supercenters" with @joshuachoper.bsky.social & @zparolin.bsky.social
We find that unions deter Walmart but where Walmart opens, it harms union members journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
![This figure shows the percentage of respondents in 35 countries across the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and the Integrated Values Survey (IVS) who rate “hard work” as more important than structural factors for getting ahead in life. Dark blue diamonds (IVS) and dark green circles (ISSP) represent survey year averages. Light blue and light green lines plot the trend in meritocratic beliefs across the five-year cohorts, on the basis of locally weighted least squares regressions on the cohort-country means (light blue diamonds [IVS] and light green circles [ISSP]). IVS data show whether respondents rate hard work (1) or luck and connections (0) as the more important factor for achieving a better life. ISSP data show the share of respondents who rate hard work as more important than “knowing the right people” and “coming from a wealthy family” for getting ahead in life.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ndvutufhi4t2mbjmmod2xe4e/bafkreie5twmfrtznixh33w3b567m5s5kk22wzdrlxycmjifnnplcb3rosi)
