In a commentary, RSIS research fellow Terri-Anne Teo and senior fellow Norman Vasu shared the results of their study “Singaporean Youth and Socioeconomic Mobility,” which found that while the majority of the Singaporean youth interviewed perceive socioeconomic mobility to be possible in theory, four demographic factors – class, education, ethnicity and gender – are seen to prevent Singapore’s meritocratic system from performing optimally.

…Terri-Anne Teo is a Research Fellow and Norman Vasu is a Senior Fellow at the Centre of Excellence for National Security, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. The report “Singaporean Youth and Socioeconomic Mobility” is available here.