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 …

The better-than-average-effect (BTAE) is the tendency for people to perceive their abilities,
attributes, and personality traits as superior compared with their average peer. This article …

There is a very large literature examining income inequality in relation to health. Early
reviews came to different interpretations of the evidence, though a large majority of studies …

A vast literature suggests that economic inequality has important consequences for politics
and public policy. Higher inequality is thought to increase demand for income redistribution …

There is now substantial evidence that larger income differences in a society increase the
prevalence of most of the health and social problems that tend to occur more frequently …

Social class divides worsened during and after the Great Recession; this article documents
one cultural feature of this divide, social‐class stereotypes, both at the societal level (across …

Humans prefer relatively equal distributions of resources,,,,, yet societies have varying
degrees of economic inequality. To investigate some of the possible determinants and …

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

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

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 …