The Impact Of Income Inequality On Values And Attitudes

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2012

Published In

Journal Of Socio-Economics

Abstract

Scholars in several social science disciplines scholars have argued from their respective disciplinary perspectives that income inequality has a considerable impact on economic and social performance of a nation. This essay investigates the possible impact of income inequality on 290 values and attitudes in forty industrial nations from an economic perspective. The results show that inequality has a significant impact on values and attitudes especially concerning religion and the family. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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