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 …

This paper presents a new model that aims to contribute to the growing literature about the
consequences of economic inequality: the economic inequality as normative information …

Social scientists have begun to extensively study how living in contexts with high income
inequality affects psychological outcomes. Herein we overview a conceptual framework that …

Status anxiety theory posits that higher income inequality leads people to attribute more
importance to their socioeconomic status and to worry about the position they occupy on the …

Income inequality is commonly posited to elevate concerns about social status that
undermine psychological health, but the empirical evidence is inconsistent. Here we …

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 …

Individuals often misconstrue the actual degree of economic inequality, which might account
for the ambiguity in the literature about the role that inequality plays in well‐being. Instead of …

Achieving sustainability within planetary boundaries requires radical changes to production
and consumption beyond technology-and efficiency-oriented solutions, especially in affluent …

Despite the increasing wage disparities and the unfair distribution of resources in many
organizations, there have not been enough academic explorations into the role of these …

Research has produced mixed results on the relationship between economic inequality and
social and political trust. These studies overrepresent developed countries, cross-sectional …