Research

Active research projects at the Social Inequality Lab.

Development of Non-Cognitive Competences and Academic Performance

Identifying how non-cognitive competences such as academic self-efficacy play a role in the education achievement gap, and how interventions can stimulate academic performance in students of lower socio-economic status.

Shared and unshared Social Indentity and Trust

Examining how shared and unshared social identities shape trust and reciprocity between individuals in advantaged and disadvantaged positions.

Income Volatility and Well-Being

A scoping review mapping the relationships between income volatility and mental, physical, and social well-being.

Trust the Rich or the Poor: How Does SES Influence Trust?

Investigating how a person's socioeconomic status influences the amount of trust placed in them by people with low income, using a trust game paradigm.

Hair Cortisol as a Biomarker of Chronic Stress Linking Socioeconomic and Health Inequalities: A Meta-Analysis

A meta-analytic project that covers the relationship between socioeconomic status and chronic stress among healthy adults, with hair cortisol serving as a long-term, retrospective measure of cortisol concentrations.

Exploring the Impact of Life Coaching on Stress and Decision-Making in Low Socioeconomic Communities

This study evaluates whether participation in a life coaching program for parents in Amsterdam Nieuw-West is associated with reductions in chronic stress, measured through both self-report and hair cortisol concentration.

Income Volatility, Psychological States, and Saving Decisions

Investigate how within-year income volatility drives financial stress, risk aversion, and suboptimal financial decision-making

Retirement Planning Among Financially Vulnerable Workers

This project investigates the psychological and contextual factors that hinder or facilitate retirement planning among populations who bear disproportionate personal responsibility for their own retirement.

Social Capital

Studying the impact of social capital on social mobility, and examaning whether third parties account for it when evaluating individual achievement.

Inequality and Partner Choice

Studying how inequality in resources and productivity shapes cooperation partner choices, how much they cooperate, and how punishment interacts with partner choice in unequal settings.