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 differences in opportunities impact human motivation. To test this, we designed a study i...

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Main Authors: Filip Gesiarz, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Tali Sharot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237914

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