The Political Effects of Economic Inequality: Evidence from Hong Kong
This study yields several important findings. Citizens’ perceived economic inequality is positively correlated with support for government redistribution and support for political autonomy. However, perceived economic ine quality is not associated with citizens’ propensity to join social protests. We find that political values and citizens’ identities influence their demand for political autonomy and propensity to join protests. Our study thus sheds fresh light on the effect of economic inequality on a developed economy. (Source: Social Indicators Research)
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Correction to: Entangled Inequalities: U.S. Trends in Self-Rated Health at the Intersection of Gender and Race, 1972 –2018
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Source: Social Indicators Research - January 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Who is more generous over a life cycle? Evidence from China
AbstractDrawing on the charitable giving literature, we deploy the 2010 –2018 waves of the China Family Panel Studies and employ the Heckman model to determine the more generous age group. The results demonstrate that young donors are more likely to donate and to give more. The robustness checks based on probit, ordinary least squares, IV-Heckman and propensity score matching further support the above findings. Further examinations show that the more years of schooling caused by the change in the education system is the reason for the more generous behavior of young households and find that the change in the education sy...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
A New Framework for Evaluating Social Transparency Factors and Personal Brands in Social Networks
This study also researches brand ethics and brand research methods from the ethical perspective. The contributions of this study are twofold. First, the proposed framework provides a new view of evaluating pers onal brands in social networks in depth, which encourages more theory development in this area. Second, the empirical results clarified the association between the factors of social transparency and personal brand. The effective methods of improving personal brands were discussed for practitioners. (Source: Social Indicators Research)
Source: Social Indicators Research - December 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
A New Survey Instrument for Tracking Public Opinion on Social Inclusion
AbstractSocial inclusion indicators inform policy advocacy and intervention. However, a critical piece of information is often missing: public opinion. Efforts to enhance social inclusion could backfire if they provoke opinion backlash or intergroup hostilities. In this paper, we explain the importance and nuances of inclusive attitudes and develop an easy-to-use survey instrument that tracks public opinion regarding different marginalized groups and support measures systematically. Using evidence from a representative telephone survey in Hong Kong (N = 1010), as well as a parallel online survey (N = 1000), we dem...
Source: Social Indicators Research - December 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Impact of Housing Tenure on Financial Wellbeing Among Elderly Australians
AbstractHomeownership rates are declining in many countries and the potential impact on financial wellbeing is largely unknown. Additionally, the potential impact may be expected to be larger for women than men, as women tend to value homeownership more than men. Finally, financial literacy may play a role on financial wellbeing via a positive effect onto housing tenure (i.e., renter, mortgagor, outright homeowner). On the basis of a community sample of older Australians (N = 2608), we tested a model with housing tenure as a predictor of financial wellbeing, controlling for the effects of wealth, income, age, and marit...
Source: Social Indicators Research - December 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Dynamic Relationship Between Multidimensional Energy Poverty and Social Wellbeing ’s
This study uses the Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement survey, to look at how energy deprivation affects a family's wellbeing, education, and economic advancement. The empirical results of the investigation suggest that household's energy needs are closely related to the type of fuel they used and their limited of excessively priced renewable energy. It has seen that households with energy impoverishment have members who are more likely to suffer from respiratory conditions, spend more on medical care, stop attending school, and find fewer job chances. (Source: Social Indicators Research)
Source: Social Indicators Research - December 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Building a Social Progress-Adjusted Indicator of GDP Per Capita for the European Union ’s Regions
AbstractBoosting economic, social and territorial cohesion is a high priority for the European Union. The regional Cohesion Policy is its instrument for achieving this objective, with GDP per capita being the principal criterion for funding allocation. However, social cohesion also embraces a comprehensive range of non-economic features. This paper proposes a composite indicator of GDP per capita adjusted for social progress that incorporates both economic and non-economic issues. Notably, the indicator can account for policymakers ’ preferences regarding the relative importance assigned to income and social progress. Th...
Source: Social Indicators Research - December 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Classification and Evaluation of Current Climate Vulnerability Assessment Methods
AbstractVulnerability to climate change is a complex, multi-dimensional construct influenced by multiple interacting factors. Several methods and approaches have been developed over the past three decades, yet there are no standard methods for assessing vulnerability (Connelly et al. in State of the art report (4) vulnerability assessment: definitions, indicators and existing assessment methods (issue 4), 2015). The vulnerability assessment studies differ in conceptualization, methodology, sectors affected, exposure to specific hazards, regional factors, and the scale of impact. Assessment of climate vulnerability and iden...
Source: Social Indicators Research - December 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Decoding Mixed Identities in Hong Kong: A Clustering Analysis of Multiple Identity Indicators
This study contributes to the literature on measuring mixed identities by arguing that multidimensional measurement is preferable to unidimensional measurement when the main research objective is to examine the proportion of various combinations of identities. (Source: Social Indicators Research)
Source: Social Indicators Research - December 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Improving Fairness and Equity by Minimizing Community Vulnerability to Food Accessibility: A Computational Urbanism Approach
AbstractOne important point of interest in urban areas is the food outlet, especially retailers that provide fresh and healthy food. Street markets, or tianguis are an affordable option throughout Mexico. Unfortunately, this type of outlet is sometimes inaccessible or significantly far to reach. This paper provides a vulnerability minimization framework to determine the optimal re-allocation of street markets by considering equity and reachability and the exact walking distance and demand by blocks in a city. The framework introduces new concepts of vulnerability along with a novel implementation of the Facility Location...
Source: Social Indicators Research - December 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Wellbeing Rankings
AbstractCombining data on around four million respondents from the Gallup World Poll and the US Daily Tracker Poll we rank 164 countries, the 50 states of the United States and the District of Colombia on eight wellbeing measures. These are four positive wellbeing measures —life satisfaction, enjoyment, smiling and being well-rested—and four negative wellbeing variables—pain, sadness, anger and worry. Pooling the data for 2008–2017 we find country and state rankings differ markedly depending on whether they are ranked using positive or negative affect measures . The United States ranks lower on negative than positi...
Source: Social Indicators Research - December 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Who Cares? Issue Salience as a Key Explanation for Heterogeneity in Citizens ’ Approaches to Political Trust
AbstractPolitical trust is a critical facet of the democratic legitimacy of political institutions. A vast body of research convincingly demonstrates that political trust is responsive to actual political performance, where citizens trust their government if it performs well and vice versa. However, if political trust is based on citizens ’ evaluations of government performance, this raises the question what type of performance citizens take into consideration. This research note demonstrates that citizens’ bases of political trust vary as they emphasize different policy issues, and that perceived issue salience can ex...
Source: Social Indicators Research - December 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Ingroup Trust, Outgroup Trust, and Internet Use During Situational Crises: Evidence from Chinese Panel Data, 2016 –2020
This study examined how Chinese ingroup and outgroup trust have changed by the recent situational crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the China-US trade war since 2019. Based on a nationwide individual-level longitudinal dataset, we found ingroup trust has significantly increased within persons, while outgroup trust in Americans ceased its upward pattern and obviously decreased in 2020. The trends imply negative correlations between ingroup and outgroup trust as the Antagonism Theory stated. To better comprehend the connections, we utilized temporal and regional variations of pandemic exposure and adopted difference-in-diff...
Source: Social Indicators Research - December 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
