The impact of income inequality on values and attitudes

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.

► In industrialized nations, income inequality has a statistically significant impact on a variety of values and attitudes, especially in countries which did not belong to the communist bloc in 1980.