Income Inequality and its Consequences for Life Satisfaction: What Role do Social Cognitions Play?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 419-438

  Schneider, Simone M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Social cognition; Social justice; Well being

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; INCOME; MOBILITY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

GERMANY;

EID: 84859218845     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9816-7     Document Type: Article

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