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dc.contributor.authorComerford, Daviden_UK
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez Mora, José Ven_UK
dc.contributor.authorWatts, Michael Jen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-11T00:15:09Z-
dc.date.available2026-04-11T00:15:09Z-
dc.date.issued2026-03-20en_UK
dc.identifier.other2634153en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/37957-
dc.description.abstractWe fit a model to US regional data on income, inequality and intergenerational mobility to derive ‘meritocracy’ and ‘advantage’: high meritocracy implies local labour markets reward human capital; high advantage implies they reward class background. We then characterise how these indices correlate with observable characteristics of regions, finding intuitive results which correlate with common understanding of these terms. Finally, we show there is information in the model: our indices provide extra explanatory power for voting behaviour in the United States. We conclude that using our model to interpret the data at the regional level reveals new insights into regional characteristics.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherInforma UK Limiteden_UK
dc.relationComerford D, Rodríguez Mora JV & Watts MJ (2026) Meritocracy and inherited advantage in the United States. <i>Regional Studies</i>, 60 (1), Art. No.: 2634153. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2026.2634153en_UK
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectMeritocracy and inherited advantage, intergenerational mobility and inequality, regional labour market dynamicsen_UK
dc.titleMeritocracy and inherited advantage in the United Statesen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00343404.2026.2634153en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleRegional Studiesen_UK
dc.citation.issn1360-0591en_UK
dc.citation.issn0034-3404en_UK
dc.citation.volume60en_UK
dc.citation.issue1en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.contributor.funderUniversity of Stirlingen_UK
dc.author.emailmichael.watts@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date20/03/2026en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Strathclydeen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationCUNEF Universidad, Madriden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationEconomicsen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:001719234900001en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid2247446en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-5541-736Xen_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-5776-308Xen_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0009-0007-5102-2882en_UK
dc.date.accepted2026-02-13en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2026-02-13en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2026-03-20en_UK
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local.rioxx.authorComerford, David|0000-0002-5541-736Xen_UK
local.rioxx.authorRodríguez Mora, José V|0000-0002-5776-308Xen_UK
local.rioxx.authorWatts, Michael J|0009-0007-5102-2882en_UK
local.rioxx.projectProject ID unknown|University of Stirling|en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2026-03-27en_UK
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