Five items capture the extent to which a person believes that upward economic movement is achievable for anyone through effort and motivation. Adapted from an earlier working paper by the lead author, the scale was used in Studies 1 and 5 of a project examining how perceived economic mobility shapes variety-seeking behaviour.
Yoon, S., & Kim, H. C. (2018). Feeling economically stuck: The effect of perceived economic mobility and socioeconomic status on variety seeking. Journal of Consumer Research, 44(5), 1141–1156.
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