Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-7-2024
Publication Title
European Journal of Social Psychology
Volume
54
Issue
3
Pages
688-700
Publisher Name
John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Abstract
Inequality in the United States has been rising for decades. According to the U.S. Federal Reserve, as of 2023, the top 10% of wealthiest households hold 69% of all wealth while the bottom 50% of households only hold 2.5% of all wealth (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2023). Recently, such disparities have been put into stark relief, as the COVID-19 pandemic increased objective inequality within the United States; those low in socioeconomic status (SES) have a higher risk of contracting COVID-19, are more likely to have their housing and employment situations completely upended and have limited access to health care than those high in SES (Patel et al., 2020). Even in the face of such stark inequality, people are often either unaware, unwilling to see or disagree about whether such disparities are indeed unfair and therefore fail to agree on optimal ways to ensure fair access to resources.
Recommended Citation
Igliozzi, David; Granot, Yael Ph.D.; and Ottati, Victor C.. A fair share: Effects of disparity, allocation strategy and system justification on perceptions of policy support in the education domain. European Journal of Social Psychology, 54, 3: 688-700, 2024. Retrieved from Loyola eCommons, Psychology: Faculty Publications and Other Works, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3040
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Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2024. This article is posted here by permission of John Wiley & Sons Ltd. for personal use. This article was published open access in European Journal of Social Psychology, VOL.54, ISS.3, (April 2024), https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3040.