High economic inequality leads higher-income individuals to be less generous

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 52, 2015, Pages 15838-15843

  Côté, Stéphane ^a   House, Julian ^a   Willer, Robb ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generosity; Income; Inequality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ECONOMICS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952685625     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1511536112     Document Type: Article

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