{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(11)"],"submitter":["Bask M"],"pubmed_abstract":["To foster a deeper understanding of the mechanisms behind inequality in society, it is crucial to work with well-defined concepts associated with such mechanisms. The aim of this paper is to define cumulative (dis)advantage and the Matthew effect. We argue that cumulative (dis)advantage is an intra-individual micro-level phenomenon, that the Matthew effect is an inter-individual macro-level phenomenon and that an appropriate measure of the Matthew effect focuses on the mechanism or dynamic process that generates inequality. The Matthew mechanism is, therefore, a better name for the phenomenon, where we provide a novel measure of the mechanism, including a proof-of-principle analysis using disposable personal income data. Finally, because socio-economic theory should be able to explain cumu"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pagination":["e0142447"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4659671"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Cumulative (Dis)Advantage and the Matthew Effect in Life-Course Analysis."],"pmcid":["PMC4659671"],"pubmed_authors":["Bask M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Cumulative (Dis)Advantage and the Matthew Effect in Life-Course Analysis.","description":"To foster a deeper understanding of the mechanisms behind inequality in society, it is crucial to work with well-defined concepts associated with such mechanisms. The aim of this paper is to define cumulative (dis)advantage and the Matthew effect. We argue that cumulative (dis)advantage is an intra-individual micro-level phenomenon, that the Matthew effect is an inter-individual macro-level phenomenon and that an appropriate measure of the Matthew effect focuses on the mechanism or dynamic process that generates inequality. The Matthew mechanism is, therefore, a better name for the phenomenon, where we provide a novel measure of the mechanism, including a proof-of-principle analysis using disposable personal income data. Finally, because socio-economic theory should be able to explain cumu","dates":{"release":"2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2015","modification":"2025-04-04T03:42:43.142Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:28:16Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4659671","cross_references":{"pubmed":["26606386"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0142447"]}}