Unpacking the Inequality Paradox: The Psychological Roots of Inequality and Social Class

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2018, Pages 53-124

  Piff, Paul K ^a   Kraus, Michael W ^b   Keltner, Dacher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic inequality; Income inequality; Social class; Social hierarchy; Social mobility; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDEOLOGY; MORALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL HIERARCHY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 85039050399     PISSN: 00652601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.aesp.2017.10.002     Document Type: Chapter

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