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 …

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 …

Past studies have mostly focused on investigating actual economic inequality with less work
devoted to understanding perceived economic inequality and its antecedents. However …

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 …

Taxation is one of the most widely acknowledged strategies to reduce inequality, particularly
if based on progressivity. In a high‐powered sample study (N= 2119) we investigated …

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

Modern societies are characterized by economic inequality. Redistributive policies are one
of the means to reduce it. We argue that perceived economic inequality in everyday life and …

Highlights•Effects of social power and social class can be mechanical or contextual.•
Mechanical effects occur when inequality strengthens the relation between power/social …

Political opponents are often divided not only in their attitudes (ie, ideological polarization)
and their feelings toward each other (ie, affective polarization), but also in their factual …

La percepción de desigualdad económica se ha vuelto un tema de creciente interés en
investigaciones de distintas disciplinas de las ciencias sociales. El presente artículo …