Income Inequality and Happiness

By S. Oishi, Selin Kesebir, E. Diener. Psychology Science, 2011

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Why Income Inequality Is Dissatisfying—Perceptions of Social Status and the Inequality-Satisfaction Link in Europe (2019, result): “By positing subjective social status as a key explanation of the inequality-satisfaction link, it complements and adds to previous research identifying perceptions of fairness, trust, hope, and status anxiety as important explanations (Oishi et al., 2011; Delhey and Dragolov, 2014; Cheung, 2016).”
Advances and Open Questions in the Science of Subjective Well-Being (2018, neutral): “Diener and Oishi (2000) reported that across nations, income equality was not associated with higher SWB, but Oishi, Kesebir, and Diener (2011) did find such a relationship over time in the US.”
Understanding Relationship Marketing and Loyalty Program Effectiveness in Global Markets (2015, positive): “Greater distribution inequality reduces the general level of trust in a society, especially among low earners, because they view the world as less fair; in addition, communities become more divided (Oishi, Kesebir, and Diener 2011).”
The state of wellbeing science: Concepts, measures, interventions, and policies (2014, background): “While there is some evidence that income inequality has its greatest effect on lower income groups (Alesina, Di Tella, & MacCulloch, 2004; Oishi et al., 2011).”
Attitudes to Income Inequality: Experimental and Survey Evidence (2014, result): “Along the same lines as the finding in Canadian data in Tomes (1986), Ball (2001) also finds that happiness and i nequality are positively correlated in raw data from the 1996 World Values Survey (WVS), altho ugh the introduction of a number controls renders this positive correlation insignif icant.”
Socioeconomic Status, Income Inequality, and Health Complaints: A Basic Psychological Needs Perspective (2014, result): “Consistent with these ideas, recent findings indicate that people residing in more unequal regions are more self-enhancing (Loughnan et al. 2012), less friendly (de Vries et al. 2011), less trusting (Wilkinson and Pickett 2009), and less satisfied with their lives (Oishi et al. 2011).”
When Does Economic Growth Improve Life Satisfaction? Multilevel Analysis of the Roles of Social Trust and Income Inequality in 46 Countries, 1981–2012 (2017, background): “Indeed, empirical studies suggest that when economic growth is accompanied by increasing income inequality, social linkages and feelings of solidarity and cooperation weaken, leading to an erosion of both social capital and subjective well-being (Josten, 2004; Alesina and La Ferrara, 2006; Kawachi e”