In this paper, we review and integrate the contemporary literature on the societal effects of
income inequality, drawing on social, personality, developmental, and organizational …

This paper provides a synthesis of theoretical and empirical work on the Great Gatsby
Curve, the positive empirical relationship between cross-sectional income inequality, and …

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 …

Using new cross-country survey and experimental data, we investigate how beliefs about
intergenerational mobility affect preferences for redistribution in France, Italy, Sweden, the …

Research on social class and generosity suggests that higher-income individuals are less
generous than poorer individuals. We propose that this pattern emerges only under …

Although the rates of economic inequality in the United States are at their highest since the
onset of The Great Depression, many Americans do not seem as concerned as may be …

The distribution of wealth in the United States and countries around the world is highly
skewed. How does visible economic inequality affect well-off individuals' support for …

Despite overwhelming evidence of its existence, White privilege has received relatively little
attention in psychological science. However, given the chronic and pervasive benefits tied to …

Social divisions between American partisans are growing, with Republicans and Democrats
exhibiting homophily in a range of seemingly nonpolitical domains. It has been widely …

Our analysis explores the rise of the Yellow Vest movement as a collective response to
perceptions of growing levels of economic inequality in France whereby collective action is …