期刊名称：DIW Diskussionspapiere / Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin
出版年度：2008
卷号：2008
出版社：Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin
摘要：Using a research design that traces siblings' preferences for postmaterialistic
values in Germany over two decades, this paper provides new evidence on the
origins of value preferences. Focusing on Inglehart's thesis of value change, we
test the combined socialization and scarcity hypothesis against the social
learning hypothesis, a prominent rival account of preadult value preference
formation. Sibling estimates show that the shared preadult environment does
indeed exert lasting effects on the permanent component of preferences for
post-materialistic policies. In addition to weak effect of the shared experience
of socioeconomic scarcity, we find that the intergenerational transmission of
postmaterialism - which is disregarded by Inglehart's original thesis - plays a
significant role in value preference acquisition. We discuss the implications of
our individual-level findings for forecasts of aggregate-level trends in value
change.
