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 …

The better-than-average-effect (BTAE) is the tendency for people to perceive their abilities,
attributes, and personality traits as superior compared with their average peer. This article …

A groundbreaking investigation of how inequality infects our minds and gets under our skin
Why are people more relaxed and at ease with each other in some countries than others …

There is a very large literature examining income inequality in relation to health. Early
reviews came to different interpretations of the evidence, though a large majority of studies …

A vast literature suggests that economic inequality has important consequences for politics
and public policy. Higher inequality is thought to increase demand for income redistribution …

There is now substantial evidence that larger income differences in a society increase the
prevalence of most of the health and social problems that tend to occur more frequently …

Social class divides worsened during and after the Great Recession; this article documents
one cultural feature of this divide, social‐class stereotypes, both at the societal level (across …

Humans prefer relatively equal distributions of resources,,,,, yet societies have varying
degrees of economic inequality. To investigate some of the possible determinants and …

In this paper, we review and integrate the contemporary literature on the societal effects of
income inequality, drawing on social, personality, developmental, and organizational …

Economic inequality has been found to have pernicious effects, reducing mental and
physical health, decreasing societal cohesion, and fueling support for nativist parties and …