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 …

Changing attitudes toward redistribution: The role of perceived economic inequality in everyday life and intolerance of inequality

JD García-Castro, R González, C Frigolett… - The Journal of Social …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Modern societies are characterized by economic inequality. Redistributive policies are one
of the means to reduce it. We argue that perceived economic inequality in everyday life and …

Why do people always want more? Perceived economic inequality leads people to be greedy by enhancing relative deprivation

Z Liu, X Sun, R Bao, R Ma - British Journal of Psychology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Greedy phenomena have dramatically increased in societies. However, despite the
universality of greedy behaviour, empirical research on the causes of greed is scarce. In this …

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 …

How do people understand the causes of poverty and wealth? A revised structural dimensionality of the attributions about poverty and wealth scales

M Sainz, JD García-Castro… - … of Poverty and …, 2023 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
The attributional process, defined as the process of inferring the causes of the events that
surround individuals in their daily lives, can potentially shape the understanding of poverty …

Opposing Misperceptions of Wealth: Liberals Overestimate Their Neighborhoods' Wealth in Wealthier Neighborhoods While Conservatives Overestimate Their …

KJ Lilly, R Dawtry, RM Sutton… - Social …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Although perceptions of wealth are shaped by people's social environment and ideological
beliefs, few studies integrate these two perspectives. We address this oversight by …

Cultural psychology of inequality: Current and future directions

S Oishi, H Bak, N Caluori - Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The current special issue reports seven empirical articles on diverse areas of inequality,
ranging from the perception of economic inequality (who are concerned, what cues people …

Not all poor are equal: The perpetuation of poverty through blaming those who have been poor all their lives

J Alcañiz-Colomer, M Moya, I Valor-Segura - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
The economic crisis of 2008 severely affected the welfare states. As the economic situation
of a country worsens, the resources that the public administration can devote to improve the …

Percepción de desigualdad económica en la vida cotidiana e ideología política: un estudio con jóvenes de España

E García-Sánchez, JD García-Castro… - Revista de …, 2022 - journals.openedition.org
En este estudio analizamos la percepción de la desigualdad económica en España en la
vida cotidiana de acuerdo con la ideología política. Mediante técnicas de análisis de …

High relational mobility is associated with perceiving more economic inequality in everyday life

GB Willis, Y Uchida, JD García‐Castro… - Asian Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we argue that one of the variables that may influence perceived inequality in
everyday life is cultural differences in relational mobility. We examined this research …