Restless in an Unequal World: Economic Inequality Fuels the Desire for Wealth and Status.
Building on theories explaining social outcomes of economic inequality, our research examined the psychological impact of inequality on the desire for wealth and status. Our studies provide both experimental (Studies 1 and 3, N s = 321 and 596) and correlational (Study 2; N = 141,477 from 73 countri...
| Publicado en: | Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 871 - 891 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jun2023
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