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Bernburg, Jon Gunnar; Thorlindsson, Thorolfur; Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora – Social Forces, 2009
The theory of relative deprivation emphasizes that social comparisons contextualize how people experience impoverishment. An important application of this theory argues that relative deprivation that stems from unfavorable social comparisons can result in anger, normlessness and an increased likelihood of deviant behavior. We test this theory in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reference Groups, Disadvantaged Environment, Psychological Patterns
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Mandel, Hadas; Shalev, Michael – Social Forces, 2009
We assess the impact of the welfare state on cross-national variation in the gender wage gap. Earnings inequality between men and women is conceptualized as resulting from their different locations in the class hierarchy, combined with the severity of wage differentials between and within classes. This decomposition contributes to identifying…
Descriptors: Wages, Females, Labor Market, Salary Wage Differentials