In recent years, the authors of several studies have established that income inequality is negatively associated with intergenerational income mobility in a phenomenon known as “The Great Gatsby Curve.” Yet, extant research on the effects of inequality and social mobility on people’s perceptions and social and political behavior has yielded contradicting results. In light of these inconsistencies, the aim of the current study was to evaluate the association between income inequality and subjective intergenerational mobility. Using data from 40 countries, the effect of income inequality on subjective mobility was examined, along with their combined effect on views regarding redistribution. The results indicated that income inequality increases mainly subjective downward mobility. The effect of subjective mobility on the attitudes toward redistribution was found to be substantial, but there were no significant results highlighting an interaction between inequality and subjective mobility. The results show how individual perceptions of opportunity inequalities are affected by the structural constraints of society. The social implications of these results are discussed herein.

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仍然很棒：主观代际流动和收入不平等

近年来，几项研究的作者已经确定，收入不平等与代际收入流动呈负相关，这种现象被称为“了不起的盖茨比曲线”。然而，现有的关于不平等和社会流动对人们的看法以及社会和政治行为的影响的研究产生了相互矛盾的结果。鉴于这些不一致，本研究的目的是评估收入不平等与主观代际流动之间的关联。使用来自 40 个国家的数据，研究了收入不平等对主观流动性的影响，以及它们对再分配观点的综合影响。结果表明，收入不平等的增加主要是主观向下流动。发现主观流动性对再分配态度的影响是显着的，但没有显着结果突出不平等和主观流动性之间的相互作用。结果显示了个人对机会不平等的看法如何受到社会结构性约束的影响。本文讨论了这些结果的社会影响。