We need to understand economic inequality from children’s perspectives

Economic inequality is on the rise, and children will bear its burden. Yet children’s perspectives are rarely considered. We urgently need interdisciplinary research to better understand how inequality gets into children’s heads and under their skins, and to inform policies that center children’s lived experiences. Economic inequality is on the rise, and children will bear its burden. Yet children’s perspectives are rarely considered. We urgently need interdisciplinary research to better understand how inequality gets into children’s heads and under their skins, and to inform policies that center children’s lived experiences.

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Communications Psychology
Published
2026-02-13
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-026-00418-7
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Income, Poverty, and Inequality
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Economic inequality is on the rise, and children will bear its burden. Yet children’s perspectives are rarely considered. We urgently need interdisciplinary research to better understand how inequality gets into children’s heads and under their skins, and to inform policies that center children’s lived experiences. Economic inequality is on the rise, and children will bear its burden. Yet children’s perspectives are rarely considered. We urgently need interdisciplinary research to better understand how inequality gets into children’s heads and under their skins, and to inform policies that center children’s lived experiences.

Communications PsychologyVol. 4(1)
Boston College (US), New York University Abu Dhabi (AE), Harvard University (US), Baylor University (US), University of Calgary (CA), University of the Witwatersrand (ZA), University of Washington (US), Yale University (US), Barcelona School of Economics (ES), Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (NL), Universitat de Barcelona (ES), The University of Texas at Austin (US), Stanford University (US)
National Science Foundation, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, University of Texas at Austin, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Jacobs Foundation, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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