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Effects of Regional Inequality on Political Attitudes: Social Capital and Support for Redistribution and Free Competition

In: Social Stratification in an Aging Society with Low Fertility

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  • Naoki Sudo

    (Hitotsubashi University)

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In this study, I investigate the effects of regional inequality on support for social policies and explore the relationships between support for social policies and social capital. To do so, I analyzed the data from two Japanese surveys, the National Survey of Social Stratification and Social Mobility in 2015 and the 2015 Population Census by using factor analyses and multi-level ordered probit regression models. The results of the analyses revealed that regional disadvantages at the municipality level had positive effects on support for redistribution and negative effects on support for free competition, while regional disadvantage’s effects on support for social policies did not depend on social capital at the municipality level. The results also showed that social capital at the municipality level was positively associated with regional inequality. This finding suggests that regional disadvantages generate social capital, but social capital does not have sufficient effects to offset negative consequences deduced from regional disadvantage.

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  • Naoki Sudo, 2022. "Effects of Regional Inequality on Political Attitudes: Social Capital and Support for Redistribution and Free Competition," Economy and Social Inclusion, in: Sawako Shirahase (ed.), Social Stratification in an Aging Society with Low Fertility, chapter 0, pages 143-171, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ecochp:978-981-19-3647-0_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-3647-0_8
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