Publications

Peer-reviewed Articles

Sainz, M., Jiménez-Moya, G., Lobato, R. M., Laffert, A., Vázquez, A., & González, R. Intergroup Contact with People Experiencing Poverty Reduces Hostile but not Benevolent Classism. Political Psychology. Accepted for publication.

Castillo, J. C., Canales Sellés, R., Laffert, A., & Urzúa, T. (2026). Justification trajectories for pension inequality in Chile (2016–2023): the role of social class and beliefs in meritocracy. Frontiers in Sociology, 11, 1771856.

Castillo, J. C., Laffert, A., Carrasco, K., & Iturra-Sanhueza, J. (2025). Perceptions of inequality and meritocracy: their interplay in shaping preferences for market justice in Chile (2016–2023). Frontiers in Sociology, 10, 1634219.

Castillo, J. C., Salgado, M., Carrasco, K., & Laffert, A. (2024). The socialization of meritocracy and market justice preferences at school. Societies, 14(11), 214.

In Preparation

Stability and comparability of meritocratic beliefs in school-age students: A measurement invariance approach across time and cohorts. Andreas Laffert, Juan Carlos Castillo, René Canales, Tomás Urzúa & Kevin Carrasco. Submited.

Preferences for the commodification of pensions in Chile: the role of intergenerational social mobility. Andreas Laffert. In progress.

The role of wealth on social cohesion in Chile. Rafael Carranza, Gabriel Otero & Andreas Laffert. In progress.

Sexualised stereotypes of lower-class. Mario Sainz, Gloria Jiménez-Moya, Andreas Laffert & Heather E. Bullock. Under Review.

Research Reports and Data Visualizations

Urzúa, T., Canales, R., Laffert, A. & Castillo, J. C. (2025). Documento Metodológico VisELSOC (Release). ocs-coes. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17418461

Urzúa, T., Iturra, J., Canales, R., Laffert, A. & Castillo, J.C. (2025). Visualizador Longitudinal de Cohesión Social en Chile (Release). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17408346

Iturra-Sanhueza, J., Cortés, G., Urzúa, T., Laffert, A. & Castillo, J. C. (2025). OCSVIS-LA: Visualizador de Cohesión Social para América Latina (release). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17405945