Who Feels Inferior? A Test of the Status Anxiety Hypothesis of Social Inequalities in Health

By Richard Layte, C. Whelan. 2013

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Health, Social Psychology

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The threat of social decline: income inequality and radical right support (2020, background): “While empirical research clearly shows that rising inequality affects status levels in society, it appears that inequality reduces status levels relatively uniformly across different groups (Layte and Whelan 2014; Lindemann and Saar 2014; Gidron and Hall 2018).”
The enemy between us: The psychological and social costs of inequality (2017, background): “(R Layte & Whelan, 2014) Respondents were asked to what extent they agreed or disagreed with the statement: “Some people look down on me because of my job situation or income.””
Income inequality and health: a causal review. (2015, background): “International comparisons show that status anxiety is higher in more unequal countries, for all socioeconomic groups (Layte and Whelan, 2013).”
Why Income Inequality Is Dissatisfying—Perceptions of Social Status and the Inequality-Satisfaction Link in Europe (2019, background): “Even if the income distribution is right skewed, in other words, if the median income is lower than the mean income, income inequalities will not affect the subjective social status of all individuals (Layte and Whelan, 2014).”
The psychological consequences of income inequality (2017, background): “These findings and the subfinding found that, unlike inequality’s association with health (Subramanian & Kawachi, 2006) and status competition (Layte & Whelan, 2014; Paskov et al., 2013), the association between inequality and happiness seems strongest for people with lower income levels, make it…”