The COVID-19 pandemic imposed new constraints on empirical research, and online data
collection by social scientists increased. Generalizing from experiments conducted during …

Highlights•Inequality is seen as fair when it is considered consistent with broadly shared
normative rules.•Disagreements arise from ambiguities in whether these normative rules …

This study tests specific competing hypotheses from social dominance theory/realistic
conflict theory (RCT) versus system justification theory about the role of social status. In …

A bold re-examination of how political attitudes change in response to information. Many
mistakenly believe that it is fruitless to try to persuade those who disagree with them about …

Until recently, academia has largely neglected the impact of religion on sustainable
development. However, empirical studies have shown that religion remains important in …

This study explores underdog entrepreneurship by investigating how economic poverty
affects an individual's entrepreneurial choice with varying levels of regional common …

How does economic inequality affect support for redistribution to native citizens and
immigrants? While prior studies have examined the separate effects of inequality and …

Do the disadvantaged have an autonomous system justification motivation that operates
against their personal and group interests? System justification theory (SJT; Jost & Banaji …

The United States has become increasingly unequal. Income inequality has risen
dramatically since the 1970s, yet public opinion toward redistribution has remained largely …

System justification theory proposes that people are motivated to perceive the existing social
system as fair, legitimate, and desirable. However, status‐legitimacy effect, understood as …