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 …

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 …

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

Economic inequality is one of the main issues of modern societies, and one of the ways to
reduce it is through decreasing inequality tolerance and increasing support for economic …

The degree of economic inequality in a given time and place sets the context in which
people understand how they measure up to others. Because of this, inequality does not just …

Prior research has shown the relationship between objective economic inequality and
searching for positional goods. It also investigated the relationship between social class and …

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 study of perceived economic differences in everyday life is relevant to deepening
knowledge of how inequality shapes psychological processes. In the current research …

This article aims to examine the role of Belief in a Just World (BJW) in the legitimation of
economic inequality. Using data from 27 European countries (N= 47,086), we conducted …

Societies worldwide are witnessing higher levels of economic inequality. While prior work
has examined ethical judgments toward inequality itself (eg,“is inequality unethical?”), less …