Michael W. Kraus

The Inequality of Politics: Social Class Rank and Political Participation

October 1, 2015 • Working Papers • By Michael W. Kraus

Abstract Perceived lower rank in the social class hierarchy reflects an individual’s relative lack of perceived social and economic worth in society. In the current study we tested the predictions…

The Local Ladder Effect: Social Status and Subjective Well-Being

October 1, 2011 • Working Papers • By Cameron Anderson, Dacher Keltner and Michael W. Kraus

Abstract Dozens of studies in different nations reveal that socioeconomic status only weakly predicts an individual’s subjective well-being (SWB). These effects suggest that although the pursuit of social status is…