Rising Income Inequality and Longer Work Hours: Global Trends and Longitudinal Evidence From the United States and China
Social Psychological and Personality Science
Published online on November 04, 2025
Abstract
Social Psychological and Personality Science, Volume 17, Issue 5, Page 641-652, July 2026.
This research examines how rising income inequality prompts longer work hours. In Study 1, the largest cross-national analysis to date (2,798 country-years; 1960–2019), a one-tenth increase in a country’s Gini index predicted an additional 60 annual work ...
This research examines how rising income inequality prompts longer work hours. In Study 1, the largest cross-national analysis to date (2,798 country-years; 1960–2019), a one-tenth increase in a country’s Gini index predicted an additional 60 annual work ...