Jachimowicz, J.M., Szaszi, B., Lukas, M. et al. Higher economic inequality intensifies the financial hardship of people living in poverty by fraying the community buffer. Nat Hum Behav 4, 702–712 (2020)
Objective:
- Predict the relationship between economic inequality and financial hardship is moderated by income
Case:
- US
Methodology:
- Economic inequality: Gini (county level)
Data Source: Open
- American community survey
- HILDA survey
Findings:
- Higher economic inequality intensifies the financial hardship of people living in poverty
- Similar effects for perceived and actual economic inequality
- Economic inequality erodes the buffer of people living in poverty against financial hardship
