Add to ORKGPeople’s desired levels of inequality are informed by the levels of inequality they perceive to exist. Perceived economic inequality is used as a reference point in determining people’s ideal level of inequality. However, recent research has suggested that the strength of this relationship depends on people’s endorsement of system-justifying beliefs. The current article extends this body of research by replicating these findings across 41 countries (N = 42,078), showing the impact of system-justifying beliefs at both the individual and the societal levels. We conducted a multilevel analysis and found that the higher the endorsement of equality of opportunity beliefs—both at the individual and the societal levels—and meritocratic beliefs—at ...
People’s self-perception biases often lead them to see themselves as better than the average person ...
Economic inequality is one of the main issues of modern societies, and one of the ways to reduce it ...
The extent of inequality that people perceive in the world is often a better predictor of individual...
People’s desired levels of inequality are informed by the levels of inequality they perceive to exis...
Many societies are becoming increasingly unequal, especially after the Great Recession. This is occu...
SPPS811500_suppl_mat for The Vicious Cycle of Economic Inequality: The Role of Ideology in Shaping t...
Individuals with a higher social position are more tolerant of current income inequality than indivi...
Recent research finds that higher inequality reinforces a tendency to see inequality as legitimate, ...
This article aims to examine the role of Belief in a Just World (BJW) in the legitimation of economi...
This paper establishes a causal link from fairness beliefs to perceived economic inequality. I condu...
This article argues that public opinion regarding the legitimacy of income differences is influenced...
Most people misperceive economic inequality. Learning about actual levels of inequality and social m...
In this chapter, the authors outline the understanding of both ideology and perceptions of inequalit...
To explain the legitimation of inequality among the members of a social system, we blend system just...
Individuals with a higher social position are more tolerant of current income inequality than indivi...
People’s self-perception biases often lead them to see themselves as better than the average person ...
Economic inequality is one of the main issues of modern societies, and one of the ways to reduce it ...
The extent of inequality that people perceive in the world is often a better predictor of individual...
People’s desired levels of inequality are informed by the levels of inequality they perceive to exis...
Many societies are becoming increasingly unequal, especially after the Great Recession. This is occu...
SPPS811500_suppl_mat for The Vicious Cycle of Economic Inequality: The Role of Ideology in Shaping t...
Individuals with a higher social position are more tolerant of current income inequality than indivi...
Recent research finds that higher inequality reinforces a tendency to see inequality as legitimate, ...
This article aims to examine the role of Belief in a Just World (BJW) in the legitimation of economi...
This paper establishes a causal link from fairness beliefs to perceived economic inequality. I condu...
This article argues that public opinion regarding the legitimacy of income differences is influenced...
Most people misperceive economic inequality. Learning about actual levels of inequality and social m...
In this chapter, the authors outline the understanding of both ideology and perceptions of inequalit...
To explain the legitimation of inequality among the members of a social system, we blend system just...
Individuals with a higher social position are more tolerant of current income inequality than indivi...
People’s self-perception biases often lead them to see themselves as better than the average person ...
Economic inequality is one of the main issues of modern societies, and one of the ways to reduce it ...
The extent of inequality that people perceive in the world is often a better predictor of individual...