The motivational cost of inequality: opportunity gaps reduce the willingness to work

Factors beyond a person’s control, such as demographic characteristics at birth, often influence the availability of rewards an individual can expect for their efforts. We know surprisingly little how such opportunity-gaps impact human motivation. To test this we designed a study in which we arbitra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gesiarz, F, De Neve, J-E, Sharot, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2020