A college degree is supposed to be the great equalizer in the labor market, promising upward mobility and better pay for all. But a new study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology suggests ...

It's fair to say that class plays a significant role in whether people get into the C-suite or not. Indeed, research shows that workers from working-class backgrounds are over 30% less likely to be ...

Whether individuals grow up in a working-class environment or in an academic household, they take on behaviors that are typical for their class -- so goes the hypothesis. A social-psychologist has now ...

Aims: This study investigates whether conditions present or established in youth and adolescence among young men contribute to the differences in the risk of an early disability pension (DP) among ...

Everyone knows that impressions of competence and social status are linked in the minds of most, but the extent to which a piece of clothing can reveal your economic well-being might alarm you.

In this post, E. Kay Trimberger, a professor at Sonoma State University, addresses the question: How can adoptive parents cross class boundaries more gracefully? As a result of my inability to cross ...

Social class might bring up antiquated ideas of British snobbery, but it exists everywhere. In Asia, social class is very pronounced. From obscenely wealthy ‘Crazy Rich Asian’ types, to a much ...

Portrait of "Cosette" by Emile Bayard, in "Les Misérables" Americans don't acknowledge social class differences. To do so violates, it seems, the psychological principle of "all people are created ...

SMU Office of Research – As a multi-racial and multi-religious country, the Singapore Government and the different communities have been working hard to ensure that the diverse population live ...