The Product of One's Efforts or the Result of Luck? The Japanese Beliefs About the Determinants of Social Success

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  • Ogata Lisa
    Credit Guarantee Corporation of Osaka-Shi
  • Kohara Miki
    Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University
  • Ohtake Fumio
    Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University

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  • 努力の成果か運の結果か?　日本人が考える社会的成功の決定要因

Abstract

Do people believe that social success is determined by one's efforts or by luck? This study investigates factors that affect the Japanese values on social success. In particular, we focus on the impact of the economic situation at the time of graduation on the formation of worldview. Based on the data obtained from a survey entitled “Preference and Life Satisfaction Survey (conducted by Osaka University)”, we used answers to unique questions regarding individual behavioral characteristics. Controlling for individual heterogeneity in various factors and eliminating the individual response bias and measurement error possibly caused by the same individual's responses to subjective questions, the estimated results suggest that individuals who experienced an unanticipated economic depression at the time of graduation are more likely to believe that “social success is determined by luck rather than one's efforts”. In addition we found large significant differences in the formation of worldview between males and females.

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  • CRID
    1390001205344534400
  • NII Article ID
    130004554935
  • DOI
    10.11167/jbef.5.137
  • ISSN
    21853568
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
    • KAKEN
  • Abstract License Flag
    Disallowed

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