New publication: "Inequality as an Externality", w. F. Cowell in the Journal of Public Economics. We argue that most major economic models assume that economic inequality has essentially no societal consequences. Why? The idea is that economic inequality is an externality.

***ACCEPTED PAPER ALERT*** Westerners Underestimate Global Inequality, with Ivy Onyeador and Nandita Dhanda accepted at JDM researchgate.net/publication/35…

🚨 Just out in PNASNews 🚨 Combining administrative registers and individual Twitter behavior among Danes, we show that multiple offline indicators predict online hostility: Having many more criminal verdicts increase the likelihood of being hostile online. But - against

As we're learning each day about a new strategy used by the super-rich to sway the US elections, it has never been so clear that the tension between extreme wealth and democracy is one — perhaps the — defining challenge of our time

Does scarcity of resources make us more selfish or more prosocial? This question is complex, as experimental research finds that scarcity can sometimes make us more selfish and, at other times, more prosocial. Yet, these effects are not random. In this review article, we

I and twenty-two other Nobel economists signed a letter endorsing Kamala Harris for President. We believe Harris's policies will result in a stronger economic performance, with economic growth that is more robust, more sustainable, and more equitable. cnn.com/2024/10/23/pol…

Can honesty oaths reduce dishonesty? Check out the new megastudy in @natureHumBehav where many great researchers, including our very own Isabel Thielmann and Alicia, came together to extensively test this question! 👉🏻 doi.org/10.1038/s41562…

The World Bank's data portal for poverty, inequality, and growth data has gotten much better! Their replacement for the older PovcalNet is called PIP — the 'Poverty and Inequality Platform'. If you are interested in poverty it is worth having a good look around. They just

Excited to share our new research! We investigated how social class shapes attitudes toward philanthropy and found that individuals from higher social classes view charitable giving more favourably and view it as a solution to societal issues. Jolanda onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej…

Intergenerational poverty is particularly high in the US compared to four other high income countries, report @zparolin et al., who also examine the mechanisms through which poverty persists. nature.com/articles/s4156…

People support equal opportunity for all – but new large-scale evidence from the US and Scandinavia shows they do not reject inequality caused by unequal opportunities. Why? Attribution bias and fairness views. Read more: openaccess.nhh.no/nhh-xmlui/hand… Hedda Nielsen Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

"If the United States were to adopt the tax and transfer insurance effects of its peer countries, its intergenerational poverty persistence could decrease by more than one-third."

🚨New in PNASNews, led by David Schultner & Ben Stillerman: In 8 studies, we test a mechanism through which exposure to societal stereotypes—even those we know may be false—can implicitly transform into individual-level prejudice and then spread across a community.

🚨 New pre-print out! 🚨 Led by the brilliant Kelly Kirkland and in collaboration with Christoph Klebl and Jolanda, we investigate how perceptions of anomie (i.e., the belief that society's social and political fabric is crumbling) influence support for redistribution.

In a megastudy, ex ante honesty oaths sometimes, but not always, reduced dishonesty, with effective treatments increasing honesty by 4.5 to 8.5 percentage points, with effectiveness dependent on content, by @Goatfield2 Christian T. Elbaek LailaNockur Eyal Peer Valerio Capraro Stepan Bahnik

Excited to head to NYC tomorrow for SJDM, Society for Judgment and Decision Making this weekend! If you’ll be there and want to grab a coffee, I’d be happy to meet up and talk!

Interested in social perspectives on dishonesty? We are organising a EASP group meeting on the future of behavioral ethics, in Berlin in May. We invite researchers of all career stages to present their work on dishonesty. You can find all info here: easp.eu/news/itm/easp_…

Come join us at the Berkeley Stone Center Summer School on Inequality! Great opportunity for early-stage PhDs to get a crash course on modern inequality research.

Have you ever wondered why findings in organizational research are not always applicable to practical contexts & grand challenges our times? 🧐 Maybe it is the of data we sample?! New paper out in JOM Yearly Review! Christian T. Elbaek Panagiotis Mitkidis Anisha Singh Quinetta Roberson