ArticleNature human behaviour2020
Higher economic inequality intensifies the financial hardship of people living in poverty by fraying the community buffer.
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- Household income and county income inequality are associated with financial hardship among cancer survivors in New Jersey.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- The Impact of Increasing Subjective Economic Inequality on Prosocial Behavior Development: The Longitudinal Mediating Effect of Trust and Moderating Effect of Socioeconomic Status.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2025Article
- The impact of unfairness experience on cooperative behavior revealed by ultimatum game-public goods game integration: an ERPs study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Economic inequality increases the number of hours worked and decreases work-life balance perceptions: longitudinal and experimental evidence.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Subjective socioeconomic status and income inequality are associated with self-reported morality across 67 countries.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Effect of Mindfulness Versus Loving-kindness Training on Leukocyte Gene Expression in Midlife Adults Raised in Low-Socioeconomic Status Households.Mindfulness · 2022Article
- Scaling up and scaling out: Consilience and the evolution of more nurturing societies.Clinical psychology review · 2020Review
- A test of the predictive validity of relative versus absolute income for self-reported health and well-being in the United States.Demographic researchArticle
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Abstract
The current research investigates whether higher economic inequality disproportionately intensifies the financial hardship of low-income individuals. We propose that higher economic inequality increases financial hardship for low-income individuals by reducing their ability to rely on their community as a buffer against financial difficulties. This may occur, in part, because a frayed community buffer reduces low-income individuals' propensity to seek informal financial support from others. We provide empirical support across eight studies (sample size N = 1,029,900) from the United States, Australia and rural Uganda, through correlational and experimental data, as well as an instrumental variable analysis. On average across our studies, a 1 s.d. increase in economic inequality is associated with an increase of financial hardship among low-income individuals of 0.10 s.d. We discuss the implications of these results for policies aimed to help people living in poverty buffer against the adverse effects higher economic inequality imposes on them.
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