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A Refined Inglehart Index Of Materialism And Postmaterialism

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Oliver Hansen
Richard S.J. Tol () (Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin)

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The Inglehart index of post-materialism is measured by people’s priority for low inflation and order. We use regression analysis to correct national averages of the Inglehart index for the effects of observed inflation and (violent) crime rates for selected European, Asian and South American countries. Low inflation and low crime rates significantly increase the Inglehart index, but we also observe a trend towards post-materialistic values. This trend cannot be explained by economic growth alone.

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Paper provided by Research unit Sustainability and Global Change, Hamburg University in its series Working Papers with number FNU-35.

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Length: 15 pages
Date of creation: Oct 2003
Date of revision: Oct 2003
Handle: RePEc:sgc:wpaper:35

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Keywords: post-materialism; inflation; crime;

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A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values

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