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 …

Inequality is on the rise: gains have been concentrated with a small elite, while most have
seen their fortunes stagnate or fall. Despite what scholars and journalists consider a …

Economic outcomes reflect an intricate mixture of people's internal dispositions and external
circumstances that are beyond their control. How, then, do people make sense of wealth 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 …

We have a detailed picture of how inequality impacts people's lives, but a much weaker
sense of how people perceive, interpret and understand issues of inequality. What shapes …

Individuals with a higher social position are more tolerant of current income inequality than
individuals with a lower social position. Besides this, attitudes towards income inequality are …

People's desired levels of inequality are informed by the levels of inequality they perceive to
exist. Perceived economic inequality is used as a reference point in determining people's …

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 …

Economic inequality and climate change are pressing issues that have climbed high up the
political agenda, yet action to mitigate both remains slow. As income is a key determinant of …

This paper uses innovative democratic forums carried out in Germany, Norway, and the
United Kingdom to examine people's ideas about welfare-state priorities and future …