Better Off Than We Know: Distorted Perceptions of Incomes and Income Inequality in America

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 613-618

  Chambers, John R ^a   Swan, Lawton K ^b   Heesacker, Martin ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

fairness; income; inequality; justice; political ideology; wealth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HUMAN; INCOME; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; HUMANS; INCOME; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893610958     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613504965     Document Type: Article

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