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Comment les Français jugent-ils leur statut social ?

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  • Michel Forsé
  • Maxime Parodi

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In a representative sample survey, interviewees were asked to fit into three status scales (each ranging from 1 to 10) rating what they would consider to be their position at the end of their studies, today, as well as the one that, according to them, would be fair. The result is that the lower the subjective social mobility, the greater the gap between the social status judged to be fair and the one of today tends to be important. This expectation of a just higher position is all the stronger because one considers oneself low in the social hierarchy. Besides, the current self-positioning has on social frustration a more important effect than that of subjective intragenerational mobility. If the lower classes feel more frustrated, it is mainly because of the unequal opportunities that they denounce. The respondents therefore expect a greater equality of opportunities but also of places. JEL : D63, I24, J60.

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  • Michel Forsé & Maxime Parodi, 2017. "Comment les Français jugent-ils leur statut social ?," Revue de l'OFCE, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 0(1), pages 69-93.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:reofsp:reof_150_0069
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    Keywords

    social justice; social mobility; relative deprivation; social status; equal opportunities; inequality;
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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General

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