Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/278988 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16290
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
It is well-known that the wealthier are more likely to have Right-leaning political preferences. We here in addition consider the role of the individual's starting position, and in particular their upward social mobility relative to their parents. In 18 waves of UK panel data, both own and parental social status are independently positively associated with Rightleaning voting and political preferences: given their own social status, the upwardly-mobile are therefore more Left-wing. We investigate a number of potential mediators: these results do not reflect the relationship between well-being and own and parents' social status, but are rather linked to the individual's beliefs about how fair society is.
Subjects: 
social mobility
voting
redistribution
satisfaction
fairness
JEL: 
A14
C25
D31
D63
J28
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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