This study investigates how citizens perceive human versus algorithmic decision-making in routine public service interactions involving administrative discretion. We conducted a vignette experiment...

The New Money Myth: The Churn of Prototypical Elites and the Persistence of the Upper Class in Oil Boom Dallas, 1925–1942

There remains a lack of clarity about what low political trust precisely entails. Based on long-standing discussions, recent works have sought to verify the existence of distinct political trust at...

Differences in political participation between social classes are well documented, yet less is known about the mechanisms that may reduce these gaps. This artic...

Events and processes of social change experienced in the impressionable years can durably shape worldviews and attitudes throughout the life course. But which s...

Wir sind auf eine starke Wissenschaft angewiesen. Zum Beispiel, um die sozialen und technologischen Herausforderungen von Klimakrise oder Digitalisierung zu meistern. Um Menschen auch für die Wissensc...

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Combining theoretical insights from social justice literature and social comparison research, this paper argues that subjective perceptions of inequity (i.e., unfairness), rather than objective deviations from equality, are key to understanding the relationship between (in)equality and subjective well-being.

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Abstract. While the association between apprenticeship dropout and negative labour market consequences is well documented, the causal link and social strat

By Alexander Horn, University of Konstanz, Martin Haselmayer, University of Applied Sciences Campus Vienna and University of Vienna, and K. Jonathan Klüser, University of Zurich Do parties respond to inequality? Despite the relevance of inequality and its consequences, existing studies fail to capture parties’ emphasis on economic equality and redistribution or to differentiate between existing levels of inequality and increases in inequality.