The psychosocial effects of economic inequality depend on its perception

GB Willis, E García-Sánchez… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Economic inequality might influence subjective well-being through psychological processes
such as status competition and social distance. However, evidence for this claim is mixed. In …

How living in economically unequal societies shapes our minds and our social lives

K Peters, J Jetten - British Journal of Psychology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, the economies of many countries have produced increasingly unequal
outcomes for the rich and poor. This economic trend has attracted interest from members of …

Perception of economic inequality: concepts, associated factors and prospects of a burgeoning research agenda (Percepción de desigualdad económica: conceptos …

JC Castillo, JD García-Castro… - International Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
La percepción de desigualdad económica se ha vuelto un tema de creciente interés en
investigaciones de distintas disciplinas de las ciencias sociales. El presente artículo …

Selection and the economic value of education: A barrier to reducing the SES achievement gap?

C Darnon, N Sommet, A Normand… - Journal of Social …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the role that schools play in determining the status of the future occupations of their
children (ie, the selection function of education), high socioeconomic status (SES) parents …

Inequality in researchers' minds: Four guiding questions for studying subjective perceptions of economic inequality

JM Jachimowicz, S Davidai… - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Subjective perceptions of inequality can substantially influence policy attitudes, public health
metrics, and societal well‐being, but the lack of consensus in the scientific community on …

Income inequality is unrelated to perceived inequality and support for redistribution

KS Trump - Social Science Quarterly, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study aims to contribute to our understanding of the relationship between
income inequality, perceptions of income inequality, and support for redistribution. In …

Inequality in people's minds

LT Phillips, S Tepper, D Goya-Tocchetto, S Davidai… - 2020 - osf.io
The extent of inequality that people perceive in the world is often a better predictor of
individual and societal outcomes than the level of inequality that actually exists. As such …

The dynamic socioecological model of economic inequality and psychological tendencies: A cycle of mutual constitution

MS Gobel, H Carvacho - Social and Personality Psychology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Economic inequality is one of the defining challenges of our era. Social science research
links higher levels of economic inequality to a range of undesirable outcomes, including …

Economic segregation is associated with reduced concerns about economic inequality

S Davidai, D Goya-Tocchetto, MA Lawson - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Economic segregation is the geographical separation of people with different economic
means. In this paper, we employ an archival study of attitudes in regions with varying …

The link between income, income inequality, and prosocial behavior around the world

L Macchia, AV Whillans - Social Psychology, 2022 - econtent.hogrefe.com
The questions of whether high-income individuals are more prosocial than low-income
individuals and whether income inequality moderates this effect have received extensive …