Recent research has uncovered many examples of socioeconomic gradients in behavior
and psychological states. As yet there is no theoretical consensus on the nature of the …

Rising obesity represents a serious, global problem. It is now well established that obesity is
associated with poverty and wealth inequality, suggesting that these factors may promote …

Among social animals, subordinate status or low social rank is associated with increased
caloric intake and weight gain. This may reflect an adaptive behavioral pattern that promotes …

Social-welfare policies are a modern instantiation of a phenomenon that has pervaded
human evolutionary history: resource sharing. Ancestrally, food was a key shared resource …

Individuals living in either harsh or favorable environments display well-documented
psychological and behavioral differences. For example, people in favorable environments …

Socioeconomic status is one of the strongest predictors of obesity, and of living in deprived
neighbourhoods with unhealthy food environments. Little is known, however, about the …

Humans are regularly in suboptimal psychophysiological states like stressed or hungry.
Previous research has made both claims that such impairments should decrease and that …

The addition of “behavioral” to economics has given rise to a highly successful field of
research. But, is it just a fashionable new trend or is it here to stay? More to the point, how …

This book combines chapters written by leading social psychologists and economists,
illuminating the developing trends in explaining and understanding economic behavior in a …

This paper outlines how economic systems are fundamental in understanding human social
behavior, and a call is made to increase the use of intensive research methods for …