Multiple earnings comparisons and subjective earnings fairness: A cross-country study

Tao, Hung‐Lin

doi:10.1016/j.socec.2015.04.002

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“…They help to explain why income inequality breeds tolerance for income inequality (Schröder 2017;Shariff, Wiwad, and Aknin 2016). Individuals mainly base their fairness perceptions on the incomes achieved by similar individuals while vertical comparisons are less important (see Tao 2015). This implies that fairness perceptions and resulting redistribution preferences are less sensitive to how incomes differ between stratified social groups.…”

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“…Individual attitudes towards the own income depend on the average income of colleagues (Feldman and Turnley 2004), employees in the same industry (Verhoogen, Burks, and Carpenter 2007), family members (Liebig, Sauer, and Schupp 2011) and similar people in general (Sauer and May 2017;Shamon 2014). It is a robust finding that the own position relative to others matters (Clark and D'Ambrosio 2015;Tao 2015).…”

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Theorizing the impact of fairness perceptions on the demand for redistribution

Ahrens

2019

Political Research Exchange

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Prior research shows that fairness judgements regarding the income distribution have a substantive impact on redistribution preferences. Those who perceive incomes as unfair demand more redistribution. However, the association is undertheorized in previous studies. This article adds to the literature by offering a comprehensive theoretical explanation of why incomes are perceived as unfair and how this influences the demand for redistribution. Based on equity theory from social psychology, it is argued that individuals develop a preference for redistribution if they consider their own income and incomes in general to be disproportional to relevant exchanged inputs. They assess proportionality by using social comparisons with observable reference groups such as colleagues, family members or other labour market participants. Multilevel models with survey data from 39 diverse countries support this theory. Individuals who perceive their own income as disproportional in comparison to their efforts and those who perceive incomes in general as disproportional demand more redistribution. These findings have several implications for research on political economy and social policy. Most importantly, they explain the inconclusive results of empirical tests of rational choice theories such as the medianvoter hypothesis.

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Theorizing the impact of fairness perceptions on the demand for redistribution

Ahrens

2019

Political Research Exchange

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“…Internet use has dramatically affected individuals' perceptions of social fairness and increased their trust in the Internet to promote social fairness. The social fairness individuals perceive is crucial to their psychology, decision-making, and behaviors (Tao, 2015). Young adults are willing to use social media on the Internet to organize online activities and even set up various volunteer associations to safeguard social fairness, justice, and the interests of disadvantaged groups (Dong et al, 2017).…”

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Internet Use and Social Participation of Young Adults: Evidence from Rights Safeguard Online in China

Zhang,

Song

2024

JSSH

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The digitalization process in developing countries is accelerating, and the Internet has become a medium for connecting politics, society, and citizens’ lives. Previous studies have explored the positive connections between internet growth and citizens’ social participation, but the mechanisms of effects have not been revealed. For young adults, safeguarding rights online is the most common form of social participation in the digital era. In this study, we provided an analytical framework on the impact of internet use on young adults’ rights to safeguard online based on the public sphere theory. Using data from 1,343 young adults in China, we examined the influence of internet use on youths’ intention to safeguard their rights online and the mediating role of functional perceptions. The results showed that Internet use was positively associated with young adults’ intention to safeguard their rights online, perceptions of three internet functions, which are resource acquisition, issue discussion, and fairness promotion, mediated this association, and the mediating role of internet function perceptions was more significant in participation in activities organized by others than in self-initiated rights safeguard. This study reveals the intrinsic mechanism of internet use to social participation, and we argued that the public sector in developing countries should be aware of the influence of the Internet on social participation and take reasonable measures to ensure that young adults effectively and legally engage in digital platforms.

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“…Recently this theory has been extended by allowing multiple earnings comparisons. In addition to a parallel comparison to others with similar traits and within the same socio-economic class, fairness perceptions can be formed by considering two other reference groups: an upward comparison with those who are better off and a downward comparison with those who are worse off (Tao, 2015).…”

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Organizational hierarchical position, perception of unfair pay, and job satisfaction: evidence from large nation-wide surveys in Poland

Adamchik

Hyclak²,

Sedlak³

2022

BJM

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PurposeThe study examines the relationship between perceived unfair pay and job satisfaction and how this relationship is contingent on organizational hierarchical rank.Design/methodology/approachThe proprietary data are from ongoing surveys of individual workers conducted by a major Polish human resource consulting firm. The pooled cross-section dataset is comprised of nearly 330,000 individuals working in the Polish labor market during 2015–2017. Drawing upon various theories, the authors formalize and test three hypotheses. The estimations are performed using the ordered probit method.FindingsCeteris paribus, job satisfaction is increasing with organizational hierarchical rank; perceived unfairness of pay is negatively associated with job satisfaction, and organizational hierarchical rank exacerbates this negative relationship by making it stronger for employees holding higher organizational positions.Originality/valueFirst, prior research is mainly confined to studying pay satisfaction as a contributing factor to job satisfaction, and perceived fairness of pay was rarely considered. Second, very few studies examine the role of hierarchical level as a moderator in the relationship between organizational justice and workplace outcomes. Third, the authors add to the scarce empirical literature on job satisfaction for post-Communist Central and East European countries as only a limited number of such studies exist for Poland.

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Multiple earnings comparisons and subjective earnings fairness: A cross-country study

Cited by 8 publications

References 46 publications

Theorizing the impact of fairness perceptions on the demand for redistribution

Theorizing the impact of fairness perceptions on the demand for redistribution

Internet Use and Social Participation of Young Adults: Evidence from Rights Safeguard Online in China

Organizational hierarchical position, perception of unfair pay, and job satisfaction: evidence from large nation-wide surveys in Poland

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