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...

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...

Eine gängige These des Wertewandels lautet: Neue "postmaterialistische" Werte wie Emanzipation und Selbstentfaltung lösen traditionell bürgerliche Werte wie sozialer Aufstieg und ökonomische Sicherheit ab. Ursache diese Wandels, so die Theorie, ist die nachhaltige Verbesserung der...

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...