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An Exploratory Study on the Impact of Social Ladder on Social Trust: Focused on non-linear relationship

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2013, 24(3), pp.189-223
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

LEE, JAEWAN 1

1서울대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of the prospect of upward mobility on social trust. To this end, 「2011 Seoul Survey」 data were used. In this study, social trust is the subjective probability by which an individual expects that another individual or public institute performs a given action on which its social life depends. And the prospect of upward mobility is defined as the subjective perception that the individuals’ efforts can be improved their socio-economic status. As the result of multiple regression, the prospect of upward mobility has a significantly positive affect on social trust. But if the prospect of upward mobility increases beyond a certain point, its affect is changed to a negative. Therefore the relationship of the prospect of upward mobility and social trust is non-linear. In the further study, panel regression analysis whether intragenerational or intergenerational mobility affect on social trust is required.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.