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---
bibliography: bib/thesis.bib
---
# Moderating the Effect of Inequality on Security Consumption {#ineq-mod}
The experiments in Chapter 1 provided evidence that inequality can increase security spending, and that this effect is largely explained by an expectation of partner envy. If envy anticipation leads to distrust, are there circumstances where the effect of inequality can be nullified? Namely, what if unequal distributions were more fair (Study 2a), or invisible to the disadvantaged party (Study 2b)?
## Inequality and Fairness {#ineq-fair}
When describing human preferences over wealth distribution, equality has often been contrasted with equity. While equality describes whether resources are shared or hoarded, equity captures how resources *should* (or should not) be shared. More generally, equality and equity are commonly discussed as major principles in theories of distributive justice, which describe when an exchange or allocation of resources is likely to be considered as (un)fair [e.g., @cook1983]. Importantly, distributive justice is considered distinct from procedural justice; the latter evaluates the fairness of allocation mechanisms, rather than allocation outcomes; @cook1983 describe how a random lottery is unbiased and thus has a fair procedure, but can still produce outcomes that violate other principles of distributional justice, which may yield to a perception of being treated unfairly. This project will focus on the distributional dimension of justice.
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The historical definition of inequity is a mismatch between the ratios of individuals' inputs (e.g., effort) versus their outputs (e.g,. wages) [@cook1977; @adams1965]. However, (in)equity has never been conceptualized as a strictly objective and concrete feature of an exchange; rather, equity's "[inputs] are what a man perceives as his contributions to the exchange, for which he expects a just return" [@adams1965, p. 277]. So, any consideration of equity assumes a major role of individuals' mental representations of their circumstances.
When thinking about an exchange or allocation (e.g., a business contract), individuals' inputs and outputs can have multiple potential currencies (e.,g money, time, experience, company equity, social contacts), which must be assigned some recognition and relevance to arrive at a judgment of (in)equity. Accordingly, equity can be characterized as a process of negotiation, with agents seeking to persuade other parties of their own large contributions and small rewards, compared to their partners [@sampson1981].
Depending on how an individual develops and applies fairness norms, an unequal distribution can be seen as equitable, while an equal distribution can be interpreted as an injustice [e.g., @camerer1995; @henrich2005]. Consequently, if inequality generally induces envy, conflict, risk-taking, distrust, and security consumption, these socially-corrosive effects may be weakened or strengthened depending on how the inequality is produced. An unequal, but fair, distribution of resources may make inequality more tolerable, reducing envy and its downstream consequences, while unfairness may amplify the effects of inequality, making people more likely to engage in risky and hostile behaviours [@vandeven2009].
The perceived fairness of an unequal distribution can cause people to experience either a benign or malicious form of envy. Although some categorization of "good" and "bad" envy has been present in the literature for some time [e.g., @rawls1999], authors have only recently been developing ideas of a benign and malicious envy. *Benign envy* is the 'sanitized' version of envy, being free of any hostility towards the comparison target. *Malicious envy*, as the name suggests, is defined by ill will towards those who are better-off.
Although of benign and malicious envy are both rated as being highly unpleasant experiences [@vandeven2009], they appear to be experientially and motivationally distinct. Both feelings of envy reflect two different strategies to resolve one's disadvantaged state. Benign envy is associated with a motivation to improve oneself, in an attempt to "reach up" to the level of a better-off other. By contrast, malicious envy is characterized by a desire to harm the comparison target, and "dragging them down" to their level. Benign envy occurs when the envied person's advantage is perceived as deserved, and the feeling is consequently associated with a sense of control, while malicious envy is elicited when the individual believes that their environment is unfair [@vandeven2012]. In the realm of consumer behaviour, benign envy has been associated with mimicking of status good consumption. By contrast, malicious envy leads individuals to differentiate themselves by consuming different goods [i.e., BlackBerry versus iPhone\; @vandeven2011]. So, benign envy is considered as an essential part of consumer demand, where individuals make comparisons and become motivated to work harder to mimic certain consumption decisions [reviewed in @belk2011].
When evaluating the fairness of resource distributions, an effective rule must be recognized and followed by a sufficient number of people. At least among western industrialized societies, most people incorporate individuals' merit when judging whether an allocation is fair. For example, in a sample of Norwegian children (grades 5 to 13), @almås2010 found that younger participants were strict egalitarians in the dictator game (averse to any inequality). However, as the participants got older, they were increasingly willing to give resources unequally when the disparities came from differences in production. So, individuals seem to develop (whether culturally or genetically) increased acceptance of inequality when the different payoffs are deserved.
Other evidence points to people anticipating these fairness-laden responses. For instance, rejection rates in the Ultimatum game (and offer sizes) decrease when roles are earned through task performance [@fleiß2015]. Similarly, @vandeven2010 found that under conditions of inequality, those who were better off were more likely to help their partner when they believed that their disadvantaged partner was experiencing malicious envy; conversely, they were less likely to help when they believed their partner was experiencing benign envy. Likewise, The authors found that people with a deserved advantage (doing better on a task and getting paid more) were less likely to think that their partner was 'jealous' than participants whose advantage was undeserved (doing worse on a task and getting paid more). When an advantage was deserved, participants were no more afraid of their partner's jealousy than in a control condition with equal payoffs, but if they were unfairly better-off, they were more afraid of their partner's jealousy than both the deserved and control conditions [@vandeven2010]. Together, this evidence suggests that people would be less likely to expect attacks from disadvantaged partners when that disadvantage was produced in line with recognized fairness norms.
There is also some contradicting evidence, suggesting that individuals' anticipation of partner envy is *not* affected by fairness. In @shaw2017, participants read vignettes about a hypothetical alien species, and were likely to rate displays of advantageous inequity aversion (disliking being paid more) as indicative that the species cared about fairness. However, respondents rated displays of disadvantageous inequity aversion (disliking being paid less) as less indicative of fairness concerns. @shaw2017 go on to argue that the links between disadvantageous inequity aversion and fairness may be less clear than other studies suggest. The authors argue that while disadvantaged people would generally prefer equality (or relative advantage), they often settle for equity because it is the best outcome they can reasonably obtain.
On a slightly tangential note, benign envy could still be associated with a willingness to attack others. Although benign envy does not contain any motivation to harm another person, benign envy may still foster risk-taking at the expense of someone else, in their efforts to "reach up" to their comparison standard. To this end, benignly envious people may be considered to have less hostile intent, but they may still be viewed as threatening. Together, there is reason to expect that fairness will not reduce the effect of inequality on security spending.
Like most theories of other-regarding preferences, this project's envy-anticipation model should address the role of fairness in how individuals expect envy from their partners. Study 2a's competing hypotheses address conflicting evidence whether people expect fairness to impact others' disadvantageous inequity aversion [@vandeven2010; @shaw2017]. Namely, an unequal but fair distribution may make people expect benign envy from their partners, and a partner's benign envy may be less likely to elicit a person's fear, distrust, and security consumption. By contrast, people may expect a fairness-agnostic reaction of "envy proper" from their partners, where deservingness does *not* weaken the impacts of inequality on distrust or security consumption. Study 2a examines competing hypotheses whether fairness reduces concerns over a partner's envy: **H3)** the positive effect of inequality on security spending will be reduced when inequality is deserved, versus **H3~eq~)**: an unequal but deserved distribution of resources will lead to the same amount of security spending compared to an unequal and random distribution. Since substantial interpersonal and intergroup conflict is rooted in the perception of unfairness and discrimination [@tajfel1979], it is important to understand how fairness influences willingness to consume security goods.
<!-- Following the extensive theory and evidence suggestive that fairness can impact inequality acceptance, Study 2a tests whether fairness can alleviate envy anticipation, where **H3)** unequal, but deserved incomes will lead to less security consumption than an inequality that is determined randomly. This modulating role of fairness is argued to be driven by a change in the type of envy participants experience; a more fair distribution should make participants expect that their partners experience benign envy (and are thus less threatening), by contrast, people may expect a fairness-agnostic reaction of "envy proper" from their partners, where a more deserved inequality does not reduce distrust nor security consumption. -->
<!-- A fairness-agnostic account of envy would predict that security consumption would be unaffected by fairness, since consumers expect that their disadvantaged partner will always experience a degree of jealousy, hostility, and risk-proneness that accompanies any experience of envy. Extending Chapter One, the following chapter will explore whether distributional fairness has cascading effects in moderating the effect of inequality on distrust and security consumption, or whether fairness has no effect, and people instead expect envious reactions from disadvantaged partners, regardless of fairness. More explicitly, we can predict the equivalence or null hypothesis that **H3~eq~)** an unequal but merit-based distribution of resources will lead to an equivalent amount of security spending compared when inequality is produced by random processes. -->
<!-- Notably, the majority of research on benign and malicious envy has been conducted using individual-recall methods, where participants detail a past experience of a feeling. As such, the role of fairness has generally been examined as a perceived variable, rather than an objective property of a scenario. The closest evidence in testing the role of fairness on malicious versus benign envy is reported in @vandeven2010. -->
<!-- Chapter 2 examines whether fairness likewise impacts distrust and security consumption. Specifically, -->
<!-- , and Study 2b tests whether makes envy anticipation worse. -->
<!-- They are so distinct that some authors have suggested that benign envy is not actually a form of envy, since they see the hostile component as integral to any experience of envy [reviewed in @smith2007]. Likewise, other authors have proposed that malicious envy is the "correct" term for envy proper [@vandeven2009]. In any case, the literature seems to suggest that unfairness plays a substantial role in shaping how people react to unfavorable social comparisons. -->
<!-- The role of fairness on individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviours have been increasingly examined within the literature on envy. Although there is some disagreement in how envy is defined, the experience of envy can generally understood as a process with branching paths. Initially, the first "pangs" of envy are elicited by an unfavourable social comparison (e.g., someone getting a better job, going on a fancy vacation). This experience of *envy proper* is defined as a painful and unpleasant feeling of inferiority, hostility, and resentment(??) when another person or group has a desired advantage [reviewed in @smith2007]. The hostile component of envy can then be either "sanitized" or exacerbated depending on the perceived fairness of the disparity. -->
<!-- Both inequality and equality can be seen as legitimate or unacceptable, depending on whether people are treated fairly. -->
<!-- When deciding how to allocate resources, individuals must balance many different priorities, including self-interest, individual productivity, impartiality, and commitments to certain individuals. -->
<!-- From a political or ethical perspective, -->
<!-- Being able to justify why some people get different or identical shares of a resource is important for people to forecast their own rewards at later stages. -->
<!-- Who gets what is tied up in its legitimacy -->
<!-- Likewise, if inequality generally induces envy, conflict, risk-taking, and distrust, these socially-corrosive effects may be weakened or strengthened depending on how the inequality is produced. An unequal, but fair, distribution of resources may make inequality more tolerable, reducing envy and its downstream consequences. Likewise, unfairness may amplify the effects of inequality, making people more likely to engage in risky and hostile behaviours [@vandeven2009]. -->
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<!-- ENVY PROTECTION HYPOTHESIS -->
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<!-- ## Fairness and inequality -->
<!-- ## Envy and Fairness -->
<!-- Interestingly, the definition of envy proper directly references a sense of injustice, via feelings of resentment. Resentment is defined as an angry response to objective and intentional poor treatment, which by itself does not require a social comparison (REF??). As popularized by Rawls (1971)'s *A Theory of Justice*, envy proper is not considered to be a moral feeling. Instead, envy is largely seen as a fairness-agnostic reaction, which does not require the person to suffer an objective injustice. The presence of resentment in the definition of envy seems to appeal to a simmering sense of *subjective injustice*, best described as a sense of conflict with how the person believes the situation "ought" to be (heider 1958??), in order to have their goals met. Envy proper appears to be older and more widespread than concerns for fairness; inequity aversion is observed in many other species (capuchins, macaques, chimpanzees, domestic dogs, crows, rats, and ravens), but only as a response to being worse-off [@brosnan2014]. Likewise, this disadvantageous inequity aversion emerges three to five years earlier than advantageous inequity aversion (dislikeing being better-off; which is more clearly linked to fairness) in humans [reviewed in @shaw2017]. Thus, a sense of resentment and unfairness in envy proper does not stem from objective violations of fairness norms, but instead reflects a subjective or even fabricated belief that the envier "should" be better-off. -->
<!-- A useful distinction is that resentment proper is a socially-validated emotion, where anger over mistreatment can be expressed freely in public; however, envy is often discouraged, and is generally experienced and expressed privately [reviewed in @smith2007]. -->
<!-- , such as resentment(??), which attributes disadvantage to the wrongful conduct of individuals or institutions. -->
<!-- ### Benign and Malicious envy -->
<!-- Conceptually, resentment is much closer to malicious envy than envy proper, since malicious envy has stronger links to a sense of unfairness. Malicious envy and resentment differ on two major attributes: intentionality and comparativeness [@vandeven2009]. Perhaps most importantly, resentment does not require a social comparison, they just need to have their interests violated; a person may feel resentment at not getting a promised invitation to a party, and this feeling does not require that someone else gets invited. Resentment is likewise distinguished by being triggered by an intentional decision by someone else. For instance, someone getting a promotion because they took credit for your work would likely lead to resentment, because they made the willful choice to wrong you. By comparison, another person getting a promotion because they are the boss's nephew does not involve the person's explicit choice, and thus might lead to malicious envy towards the promoted person, instead of resentment. Because malicious envy is considered independent of others' intentional actions, and is a response to relative standing, it is generally seen as a less justifiable response than resentment, and is less socially acceptable. -->
<!-- Benign envy is generally considered the "constructive," "productive," or "good" form of envy, and is elicited by a sense of control and deservingness. Benign envy involves a focus not on the person who posesses the good we desire, but on the desired good itself. Benign envy is then a sort of affirmation to oneself and others that a good is worth obtaining. Rawls (1971) has also called benign envy an "emulative envy", where someone is motivated to obtain the targeted good. -->
<!-- Given the scant research on envy and fairness, the exact typology of envy and it's relationships to fairness needs more examination. An intermediate perspective was proposed by @belk2011, suggesting that "benign and malicious envy are very likely parts of a continuum where the middle state is a combination of benign and malicious envy. Thus rather than two types of envy, it is more useful to consider three points on this continuum" (p. 224). We will treat this intermediate type of envy as generally analogous to envy proper, as a "starting" state for disadvantageous social comparisons. Then, depending on later fairness evaluations, the experience of envy can remain the same, or become more hostile (malicious envy), or less hostile (benign envy). However, it is noteworthy that one of the principal measures of envy, the Dispositional Envy Scale is associated with dispositional malicious envy, but not dispositional benign envy [@lange2015]. In the context of envy anticipation, distrust, and security consumption, it appears that benign envy may warrant less fear from third parties, whereas the destructive threat of malicious envy must be treated with more caution. -->
<!-- suggesting that participants expected their disadvantaged partners to experience benign envy in the face of a deserved inequality, and felt little need to help them. -->
<!-- Fairness might more of a role in reducing advantageous inequality aversion rather than reducing (anticipated) disadvantageous inequity aversion. A person might always expect a disadvantaged partner to be upset, regardless of the fairness of the distribution. However, adhering to a fairness norm might be important for justifying one's advantaged position to others, and maintaining a reputation for being fair. -->
<!--# The authors argue that any help directed to the disadvantaged is not due to advantageous inequity aversion. Participants who were undeservedly better-off did not extend their generosity to everyone; when given the chance to help an unfairly advantaged third party that did not know that the participant was better off than them, participants did not increase their helping behaviour. The authors reason that this targeted helping of partners deemed to be maliciously envious is an appeasement strategy in "warding off the evil eye" (p. 1671). However, there is a potential confound in this latter condition. The third party seems to be an actual third person in the procedure, with the initial endowments produced between the participant and their original partner. Individuals might fail to feel any responsibility towards a person outside of their original exchange, and thus display advantageous inequity aversion towards their original partner, but not a third party who just happens to also be worse-off. -->
<!-- Study 2b tests whether **H4)** individuals will consume more security when unequal incomes are allocated based on group membership. Group-based discrimination was chosen because it is an extreme form of unfairness. Usual manipulations of unfairness (inequity) involve a violation of a merit norm: you performed worse, yet you were compensated better. Recent studies have suggested that fairness is not simply adherance to rules, but that fairness may be rooted in avoiding perceptions of favoritism/partiality. For instance, young children will discard a resource in order to avoid sharing it unequally [@shaw2012]. Likewise, individuals are more willing to behave unfairly towards others if they could still appear to be impartial [@shaw2014]; for instance, in the Dictator game, individuals will accept a smaller payoff if they can skip the game and avoid informing partners of their selfish choice [@dana2006]. Acts of partiality often signify the formation of alliances, which inherently exclude others [@descioli2009]. Likewise, responders in an Ultimatum game reject more offers when inequalities are due to an intentional and clear decision to produce disparities [@falk2003; @blount1995]. -->
## Inequality and visibility
If inequality was present, but invisible, should we still expect worse-off people to be envious, and for others to become less trusting? Inequality is fundamentally linked to at least one person's absolute level of income. For instance, in this project, although the Defender had a constant level of income across inequality conditions, the Attacker received a smaller income when incomes were unequal. This manipulation of inequality introduces the potential effect of diminishing marginal utility of resources. Since Attackers had less money overall in the high-inequality condition, they might prefer greater risk compared to when they have more money, as a dollar increase from \$150 to \$151 may be preferred compared to a dollar increase from \$300 to \$301. As such, participants may not be necessarily anticipating envy from their partners, but rather expecting their partner's willingness to gamble away smaller sums.
One way to manipulate the possible role of social comparisons and envy in inequality is through income visibility. An individual cannot feel envious of an inequality that they are not aware of. For instance, in the Tsimane', an indigenous people in Bolivia's Amazon basin, inequality's effects on individual's reported stress and illness were stronger when the resources were more visible [@undurraga2016]. Likewise, @nishi2015 found that in a network experiment, inequality had more corrosive effects on cooperation, network connectivity, and wealth when disparities were visible. Particularly, they found that richer individuals in a network were less likely to cooperate.
Social comparisons appear to be a largely automatic reaction, rather than an intentional choice. For instance, @gilbert1995 demonstrated that participants are quick to make uninformative comparisons, such as comparing performance on unrelated tasks. However, for these comparisons to occur, individuals must have some comparison standard available, whether provided externally or internally.
<!-- For instance, rather than people only make comparisons to similar others, -->
Accordingly, Study 2b manipulated whether the Defender's income was visible to the Attacker in a 2(inequality)\*2(income visibility) design. A positive and significant interaction between inequality and visibility on security spending (**H4)**) would suggest that any (expectation of) theft is not due to just the Attacker having less money. Instead, such distrust would be due to the potential for the Attacker to make a social comparison and feel envious. Likewise, Study 2b conducted pairwise comparisons testing **H4a)**: The inequality/visible condition will have more security spending than the equality/visible condition, **H4b)** the inequality/invisible condition will have equivalent security spending to the equality/invisible condition (equivalence test), and **H4c)** the inequality/visible condition will have more security spending than the inequality/invisible condition.
<!--# ATTITUDES OF THE RICH??: hierarchy maintenance -->
<!-- Indeed, envy necessarily involves a comparison with another's position or abilities. -->
<!-- invokes, even implicitly, social comparison theory, which postulates -->
<!-- Throughout this project, the inequality manipulation has had a potential confound with the Attacker's absolute level of income; in unequal conditions, Attackers had less overall money. Reducing Attacker's income was necessary when manipulating inequality in a dyadic context; someone needs to receive less money, and keeping the Defender's income constant was a greater priority. However, -->
<!-- While merit is a widespread norm for judging fairness, it may not be universal/cross-cultural. By contrast, group-based discrimination appears to be a form of unfairness that will be more likely to provoke a perceptions of unfairness. -->
<!-- A growing body of evidence suggests that the roots of fairness lie people's efforts to avoid the appearance of favoritism [@choshen-hillel2018; @shaw2013; @shaw2012; @shaw2017; @shaw2014; @shaw2013; @shaw2012]. @shaw2012 found that many children would rather throw a resource in the trash than distribute it unequally. Likewise, individuals are more willing to behave unfairly towards others if they could still appear to be impartial [@shaw2014]; for instance, in the Dictator game, individuals will accept a smaller payoff if they can skip the game and avoid informing partners of their selfish choice [@dana2006]. -->
<!-- The norms and rules that describe appropriate behaviour can vary across time and groups. For instance, should resources distributions prioritize equality, seniority, need, or productivity? Consider the observed cross-cultural variations in Proposer and Responder behaviours in the Ultimatum Game [@henrich2005] participants frequently exhibited seemingly aberrant patterns, such as offering more than 50% of the wealth, or rejecting offers above 50%. Particularly amongst societies with little market participation, groups appear to adhere to locally-developed norms of fairness. -->
<!--# The presence of multiple potential norms for guiding resource allocation inevitably leads to disagreements over what constitutes a fair allocation. -->
<!--# The tension between impartiality and loyalty is fascinating: do you reciprocate acts of generosity from your friends and colleagues, or try to follow rules and guidelines that treat everyone the same? a glance at social media or news outlets will often reveal that, in the eyes of an audience, being prosocial is often not as important as the chosen target of your generosity. -->
<!-- When evaluating the fairness of resource distributions, an effective rule must be recognized and followed by a sufficient number of people. -->
<!-- More formally, we can predict that -->
<!-- Two accounts have generally developed. The first model suggests that the fairness of an unequal distribution can cause people to experience either a benign or malicious envy. The second focuses on a single-factor construct of envy, which is relatively unaffected by distributional fairness. -->
<!-- a fair inequality should produce less security consumption, because the consumer expects their partners to experience a benign form of envy. -->
<!-- Conversely, the theory and evidence for the effect of unfairness and malicious envy on potentially harmful behaviours is much more straightforward: inequality amplifies the trust-eroding effects of inequality. **H4)** individuals will consume more security products when their advantage is due to an unfair process. -->
<!-- will become more distrustful in unfair environments. This chapter will test the proposition that *the effect of inequality on security consumption will be negatively moderated by greater distributional fairness.* -->
## Study 2a: Meritocracy and Inequality
Study 2a manipulated inequality (yes/no) in the context of a security game, just like in Chapter one. Specifically, Study 2a is most like Study 1c, with a between-subjects design, an introductory security scenario, and uncertain probabilities and stakes of thefts. However, Study 2a was conducted with hypothetical payoffs. Most importantly, Study 2a also manipulated whether one's income was allocated *randomly or based on task performance* (random vs. merit). In addition to replicating **H1)** (inequality increases security spending), Study 2a tested competing hypotheses, whether **H3)** whether deserved inequality would lead to less (vs. equivalent; **H3~eq~)**) security spending compared to inequalities that were produced randomly (Table \@ref(tab:hyp-des)).
Following pilot data (Section \@ref(s2-ap)), and a power analysis (d=.2, power = .8, two-sample t-test, one-tailed, then multiplied by three - for each condition), `r s2a_n_collected` participants were recruited from Prolific (restricted to computers - no smartphones/tablets), in anticipation of a 10% attrition rate. After initial collection, `r s2a_non_consent` participants did not consent, and `r s2a_n_consented-s2a_n_screened` either failed the comprehension check, attention check, or moved fewer than three sliders. After these exclusions, n = `r s2a_n_screened` individuals were retained for analyses (`r round(s2a_female*100,2)`% female). Following consent, demographics, and an introductory security game, participants were assigned to one of three between-subjects conditions: equal/random, unequal/random, and unequal/merit.
<!-- Inequality was manipulated the same as in Study 1c; participants were told that in the equal condition, both they and their partner both received an endowment of \$300 (differing from Study 1c, this game and endowment were explicitly hypothetical). In the unequal condition, participants were told that they received \$300, but their partner only received \$150, and that the partner knew how much each person received. -->
Participants in the unequal/merit condition completed a slider task, where they had one minute to correctly place the midpoint on 40 sliders, and were told in advance that their performance would impact the incomes they received. Participants in the equal/random condition or unequal/random condition were told that their incomes were allocated randomly. In the unequal/merit condition they were told that they received their income because they correctly placed more sliders than their partner. The slider task has been used in several studies to examine the effects of effort in distributional preferences, and has demonstrated that individuals who win their income through performance are less likely to support income redistribution [@cassar2019].
In addition to the envy items in Study 1, participants were asked to report whether they believed the incomes were disbursed fairly, before making their consumption decision. Likewise, participants used seven-point likert scales (1 Strongly agree - 7 Strongly disagree) to report on their desire to keep their money.
Up to this point, this project has assumed that in the security game, participants want to keep as much money as possible. With this assumption, any consumption of security products could be interpreted as an effort to keep more money. However, particularly in the context of economic inequality, assuming payoff-maximizing preferences might not be realistic. One of the classic examples of people deviating from payoff-maximizing behaviours is the dictator game. In this game, participants often freely donate funds to their partner, rather than keeping the whole sum [i.e., advantageous inequity aversion\; @forsythe1994]. Interestingly, participants exhibit less of this generosity when others are unaware of their choices, suggesting that participants incur the costs of generosity in order to cultivate a reputation for being fair [@shaw2014].
Especially in the context of distributive fairness, it is important to consider whether inequality impacts payoff motivations, and whether these changes might obscure any effect of inequality on security spending. In particular, inequality might reduce payoff motivations, as individuals feel guilt over being better-off, while individuals with a deserved advantaged might feel less guilt, and have comparatively higher payoff motivations. This guilt could lead them to spend more (reducing their overall income) or less (making it easier to be stolen from) on the security product. Thus, manipulations of income inequality thus far might have been confounded with altered payoff motivations. Thus, rather than assuming that participants are trying to improve their payoffs, we elected to measure payoff motivations and add its index as a covariate in the analyses, thereby allowing for some statistical control over such guilt and advantageous inequity aversion. In addition, participants reported whether they believed that *their partners* thought the incomes were fair:
> "My partner's assigned income is fair"\
> "My assigned income is fair"\
> "The way incomes were given for this game is fair"\
> "I want to keep as much of my money as possible"\
> "It is okay with me if some of my money gets stolen" (reverse-coded)\
> "My partner probably thinks that the money was split fairly in this game"
After the manipulation check items, participants completed the security game with the same procedure and stimuli as Study 1c, and then completed further attention and comprehension check items before finishing the study. The hypotheses, methods and analysis plan were all pre-registered before data collection.
<!-- Groups will always be characterized by inequality through some type of outcome, whether wealth, income, or status. Indeed, a popular idea is that inequality propels individuals towards productive behaviours [@stearns1999]. In this line of reasoning, the presence of inequality may be less of an issue compared to how the inequality was produced. -->
```{r s2a-desc-tab}
s2adesc_columns <- c("Variable", "Mean", "SD", "Cron. $\\alpha$ 95\\% CI")
s2a_desc <- knitr::kable(s2a_desc, caption = 'Study 2a Descriptive Statistics',
format = 'latex',
escape = F,
align = "lcccccc",
col.names = s2adesc_columns,
booktabs = T,
linesep = "") %>%
kable_styling(full_width = FALSE) %>%
column_spec(1,width = "2in",
latex_valign = "b") %>%
column_spec(2,width = ".4in",
latex_valign = "b") %>%
column_spec(3,width = ".4in",
latex_valign = "b") %>%
column_spec(4,width = ".9in",
latex_valign = "b") %>%
kable_styling(latex_options = c(
# "striped",
"hold_position"))
# %>%
# kable_styling(latex_options = "striped")
s2a_desc
```
### Results
Data were analyzed using a one-way (3b) ANCOVA, controlling for participants' reported payoff motivations and their spending in the introductory security game scenario. The ANCOVA found a significant effect of the income distribution condition, `r anova_extract(s2a_spending_anova,"inequality_merit",is.first = TRUE,test.stat = TRUE)` (Figure \@ref(fig:s2a-spending-fade) & Table \@ref(tab:s2a-security-anova)). Pairwise comparisons using estimated marginal means (Tukey's correction for multiple comparisons) replicated the effect of inequality as per **H1)**: participants in the unequal/random condition (vs. equal/random) reported a willingness to spend \$`r round(abs(s2a_spending_emmeans[s2a_spending_emmeans$contrast == "equal_random - unequal_random", "estimate"]), 2)` more on security products, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_spending_emmeans, comp_name = "equal_random - unequal_random", reverse = TRUE, diff = FALSE)`. The effect of inequality also persisted when comparing equal/random to unequal/merit, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_spending_emmeans, comp_name = "equal_random - unequal_merit", reverse = TRUE)`.
(ref:s2a-spending-fade) Study 2a, effects of merit/inequality on security spending.
```{=latex}
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\caption{(ref:s2a-spending-fade) \label{fig:s2a-spending-fade}}
```
```{r s2a-spending-fade, eval = TRUE, include=TRUE, echo=FALSE, out.width='60%'}
knitr::include_graphics("C:/Users/dalla/Google Drive/project_files/inequality_security/figures/s2a_security_fadecloud.png")
```
```{=latex}
\caption*{\textit{Notes:} Datapoints (observations aggregated into 30 quantile groups) mirrored with densiy plots (shading corresponds to inner 50\%, 95\%, and outer 5\% of distribution), overlaid with means and 95\% CI. Estimated marginal means used for dot-whiskers for all plots in this chapter.
}
\end{figure}
```
```{r s2a-security-anova, eval = TRUE, echo=FALSE}
s2a_spending_anova1 <- data.frame(s2a_spending_anova)
s2a_spending_anova1$Pr..F. <- report_pval(s2a_spending_anova1$Pr..F.)
numeric_columns <- sapply(s2a_spending_anova1, mode) == 'numeric'
s2a_spending_anova1[numeric_columns] <- sapply(s2a_spending_anova1[numeric_columns], report_float)
s2a_spending_anova1[c("pes", "pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi")] <- as.data.frame(sapply(s2a_spending_anova1[,c("pes", "pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi")], function(x) gsub('^(-)?0[.]', '\\1.', x)))
s2a_spending_anova1$pes_ci95 <- as.character(paste("[", s2a_spending_anova1$pes_ci95_lo, ", ", s2a_spending_anova1$pes_ci95_hi,"]", sep=""))
s2a_spending_anova1$ci95 <- as.character(paste("[", s2a_spending_anova1$ci95_lo, ", ", s2a_spending_anova1$ci95_hi,"]", sep=""))
s2a_spending_anova1$df <- as.character(paste(round(as.numeric(s2a_spending_anova1$NumDF),2), ", ", round(as.numeric(s2a_spending_anova1$DenDF),2), sep=""))
s2a_spending_anova1 <- s2a_spending_anova1 %>% relocate(df, .before = F) %>%
relocate(Pr..F., .before = pes) %>%
relocate(cohens_f, .before = pes)
s2a_spending_anova1 <- s2a_spending_anova1[,!names(s2a_spending_anova1) %in%
c("ci95_lo","ci95_hi", "MSE", "ci95", #"pes",
"pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi","NumDF","DenDF")]
# s2a_spending_anova1$Pr..F. <- report_pval(s2a_spending_anova1$Pr..F.)
s2a_spending_anova1 <- s2a_spending_anova1 %>%
dplyr::rename(
# "b" = estimate,
"95\\% CI" = pes_ci95,
"\\textit{F}" = F,
"\\textit{p}" = Pr..F.,
"Cohen's \\textit{f}" = cohens_f, "$\\eta_p^2$" = pes
)
row.names(s2a_spending_anova1) <- firstup(row.names(s2a_spending_anova1))
row.names(s2a_spending_anova1)[row.names(s2a_spending_anova1) == "Stake_cond"] <- "Stake size"
row.names(s2a_spending_anova1)[row.names(s2a_spending_anova1) == "Inequality:stake_cond"] <- "Ineq*Stake"
# s2a_spending_anova1 <- subset(s2a_spending_anova1, select = -c(df))
row.names(s2a_spending_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_spending_anova1),
pattern = ":",
replacement = "*",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_spending_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_spending_anova1),
pattern = "Inequality_merit",
replacement = "Inequality/merit",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_spending_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_spending_anova1),
pattern = "Primer_security_spending_cent",
replacement = "Intro scen. spending",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_spending_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_spending_anova1),
pattern = "Payoff_motiv_cent",
replacement = "Payoff motivation",
fixed = TRUE
)
# s2a_spending_anova1 <- s2a_spending_anova1 %>% relocate(p, .before = "$\\eta_p^2$")
knitr::kable(s2a_spending_anova1,
format='latex',
escape = F,
align = "ccccccc",
caption = 'Study 2a, ANCOVA; inequality/merit on security spending.',
booktabs = TRUE,
linesep = ""
) %>%
kable_styling(latex_options = c(
# "striped",
"hold_position")) %>%
kableExtra::footnote(general = paste0("MSE = ",round(s2a_spending_anova[1,"MSE"],2)),
footnote_as_chunk=T
# ,threeparttable = TRUE
)
```
Participants in the unequal/merit condition spent an average of \$`r round(abs(s2a_spending_emmeans[s2a_spending_emmeans$contrast == "unequal_merit - unequal_random", "estimate"]), 2)` less on the security product compared to the the unequal/random condition. This effect of merit did not reach statistical significance, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_spending_emmeans, comp_name = "unequal_merit - unequal_random", reverse = TRUE, diff = FALSE)`, which failed to find support for **H3)**. However, failing to reject **H3)**'s null hypothesis is not sufficient to accept **H3~null~)**; an effect of merit could be present, but it could be too small to be detected with the current design and statistical power. To this end, equivalence tests are used to determine whether an effect is 'too small to care,' and can thus be considered as *equivalent* to zero.
Equivalence is generally tested using two one-sided tests (TOST); where instead of attempting to reject an effect of 0, TOST seeks to statistically reject the presence of a minimum effect size of interest (with each one-sided test conducted against either the positive or negative sign). These minimum effect thresholds are defined by the analyst. As part of the pre-registered analysis plan, a threshold of +/-.2 standardized mean difference units (i.e., Hedge's *g*, the unbiased version of Cohen's *d*) was chosen to test equivalence in this study, since *d* = .2 is the conventionally "small" effect in social sciences [@cohen1988; although see Lovakov & Agadullina, -@lovakov2021 for empirically-derived thresholds based on social psychology research, where *d* = .15 is small, *d* = .36 is medium, and *d* = .65 is large]. Using this TOST procedure, equivalence tests can reject the presence of an effect, and provide a proper test of **H3~eq~)**.
An equivalence test using TOST (Welch's t-test for unequal variances) found that the \$`r round(abs(s2a_spending_emmeans[s2a_spending_emmeans$contrast == "unequal_merit - unequal_random", "estimate"]), 2)` difference in security spending between unequal/random and unequal/merit condition was statistically equivalent to zero, meaning the effect was significantly smaller than *g* =.2, `r report_tost(s2a_spending_tost_urandom_umerit,equ=T,any_effect = F,test.stat = T,pval=T)`, and larger than *g* = -.2, `r report_tost(s2a_spending_tost_urandom_umerit, equ=T,any_effect = F,test.stat = F,pval=T,tost_lo = T)`. Notably, the upper one-sided test for merit was close to failing to reject *g* = .2 as a plausible value. Thus, an extremely well-powered study may find a real mitigating effect of merit, but this effect would be so small that it would be unlikely to have any practical significance.
The income/merit manipulation significantly impacted perceived fairness, `r anova_extract(s2a_fairness_anova,"inequality_merit",is.first = TRUE)` (Figure \@ref(fig:s2a-fairness-fade), Table \@ref(tab:s2a-fairness-anova)). Pairwise comparisons found that the merit manipulation increased perceived fairness; compared to the unequal/random condition, participants in the unequal/merit condition reported that the incomes were more fair, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_fairness_emmeans,comp_name = "unequal_merit - unequal_random")`. Likewise, participants in the unequal/random condition (vs. unequal/merit) believed that their partners were also more likely to think that the incomes were distributed fairly, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_partner_fair_emmeans,comp_name = "unequal_merit - unequal_random", test.stat=F)` (Table \@ref(tab:s2a-partner-fair-anova)), however, this effect was nearly half the size of merit's effect on one's own perceptions of fairness.
<!-- `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_fairness_emmeans,comp_name = "equal_random - unequal_merit")` -->
<!-- `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_fairness_emmeans,comp_name = "equal_random - unequal_random")` -->
<!-- `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_fairness_emmeans,comp_name = "unequal_merit - unequal_random")` -->
(ref:s2a-fairness-fade) Study 2a, effects of merit/inequality on perceived fairness.
```{=latex}
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\caption{(ref:s2a-fairness-fade) \label{fig:s2a-fairness-fade}}
```
```{r s2a-fairness-fade, eval = TRUE, include=TRUE, echo=FALSE, out.width='49%'}
knitr::include_graphics("C:/Users/dalla/Google Drive/project_files/inequality_security/figures/s2a_fairness_fadecloud.png")
knitr::include_graphics("C:/Users/dalla/Google Drive/project_files/inequality_security/figures/s2a_partner_fair_fadecloud.png")
```
```{=latex}
%\caption*{\textit{Notes:} Stacked datapoints mirrored with density plot (shaded middle 50\%), overlaid with means and 95\% CI.}
\end{figure}
```
```{r s2a-fairness-anova, eval = TRUE, echo=FALSE}
s2a_fairness_anova1 <- data.frame(s2a_fairness_anova)
s2a_fairness_anova1$Pr..F. <- report_pval(s2a_fairness_anova1$Pr..F.)
numeric_columns <- sapply(s2a_fairness_anova1, mode) == 'numeric'
s2a_fairness_anova1[numeric_columns] <- sapply(s2a_fairness_anova1[numeric_columns], report_float)
s2a_fairness_anova1[c("pes", "pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi")] <- as.data.frame(sapply(s2a_fairness_anova1[,c("pes", "pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi")], function(x) gsub('^(-)?0[.]', '\\1.', x)))
s2a_fairness_anova1$pes_ci95 <- as.character(paste("[", s2a_fairness_anova1$pes_ci95_lo, ", ", s2a_fairness_anova1$pes_ci95_hi,"]", sep=""))
s2a_fairness_anova1$ci95 <- as.character(paste("[", s2a_fairness_anova1$ci95_lo, ", ", s2a_fairness_anova1$ci95_hi,"]", sep=""))
s2a_fairness_anova1$df <- as.character(paste(round(as.numeric(s2a_fairness_anova1$NumDF),2), ", ", round(as.numeric(s2a_fairness_anova1$DenDF),2), sep=""))
s2a_fairness_anova1 <- s2a_fairness_anova1 %>% relocate(df, .before = F) %>%
relocate(Pr..F., .before = pes) %>%
relocate(cohens_f, .before = pes)
s2a_fairness_anova1 <- s2a_fairness_anova1[,!names(s2a_fairness_anova1) %in% c("ci95_lo","ci95_hi", "MSE", "ci95", #"pes",
"pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi","NumDF","DenDF")]
# s2a_fairness_anova1$Pr..F. <- report_pval(s2a_fairness_anova1$Pr..F.)
s2a_fairness_anova1 <- s2a_fairness_anova1 %>%
dplyr::rename(
# "b" = estimate,
"95\\% CI" = pes_ci95,
"\\textit{F}" = F,
"\\textit{p}" = Pr..F.,
"Cohen's \\textit{f}" = cohens_f, "$\\eta_p^2$" = pes
)
row.names(s2a_fairness_anova1) <- firstup(row.names(s2a_fairness_anova1))
row.names(s2a_fairness_anova1)[row.names(s2a_fairness_anova1) == "Stake_cond"] <- "Stake size"
row.names(s2a_fairness_anova1)[row.names(s2a_fairness_anova1) == "Inequality:stake_cond"] <- "Ineq*Stake"
# s2a_fairness_anova1 <- subset(s2a_fairness_anova1, select = -c(df))
row.names(s2a_fairness_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_fairness_anova1),
pattern = ":",
replacement = "*",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_fairness_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_fairness_anova1),
pattern = "Inequality_merit",
replacement = "Inequality/merit",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_fairness_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_fairness_anova1),
pattern = "Primer_security_spending_cent",
replacement = "Intro scen. spending",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_fairness_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_fairness_anova1),
pattern = "Payoff_motiv_cent",
replacement = "Payoff motivation",
fixed = TRUE
)
# s2a_fairness_anova1 <- s2a_fairness_anova1 %>% relocate(p, .before = "$\\eta_p^2$")
knitr::kable(s2a_fairness_anova1,
format='latex',
escape = F,
align = "ccccccc",
caption = 'Study 2a, ANCOVA; inequality/merit on perceived fairness.',
booktabs = TRUE,
linesep = ""
) %>%
kable_styling(latex_options = c(
# "striped",
"hold_position")) %>%
kableExtra::footnote(general = paste0("MSE = ",round(s2a_fairness_anova[1,"MSE"],2)),
footnote_as_chunk=T
# ,threeparttable = TRUE
)
```
```{r s2a-partner-fair-anova, eval = TRUE, echo=FALSE}
s2a_partner_fair_anova1 <- data.frame(s2a_partner_fair_anova)
s2a_partner_fair_anova1$Pr..F. <- report_pval(s2a_partner_fair_anova1$Pr..F.)
numeric_columns <- sapply(s2a_partner_fair_anova1, mode) == 'numeric'
s2a_partner_fair_anova1[numeric_columns] <- sapply(s2a_partner_fair_anova1[numeric_columns], report_float)
s2a_partner_fair_anova1[c("pes", "pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi")] <- as.data.frame(sapply(s2a_partner_fair_anova1[,c("pes", "pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi")], function(x) gsub('^(-)?0[.]', '\\1.', x)))
s2a_partner_fair_anova1$pes_ci95 <- as.character(paste("[", s2a_partner_fair_anova1$pes_ci95_lo, ", ", s2a_partner_fair_anova1$pes_ci95_hi,"]", sep=""))
s2a_partner_fair_anova1$ci95 <- as.character(paste("[", s2a_partner_fair_anova1$ci95_lo, ", ", s2a_partner_fair_anova1$ci95_hi,"]", sep=""))
s2a_partner_fair_anova1$df <- as.character(paste(round(as.numeric(s2a_partner_fair_anova1$NumDF),2), ", ", round(as.numeric(s2a_partner_fair_anova1$DenDF),2), sep=""))
s2a_partner_fair_anova1 <- s2a_partner_fair_anova1 %>% relocate(df, .before = F) %>%
relocate(Pr..F., .before = pes) %>%
relocate(cohens_f, .before = pes)
s2a_partner_fair_anova1 <- s2a_partner_fair_anova1[,!names(s2a_partner_fair_anova1) %in%
c("ci95_lo","ci95_hi", "MSE", "ci95", #"pes",
"pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi","NumDF","DenDF")]
# s2a_partner_fair_anova1$Pr..F. <- report_pval(s2a_partner_fair_anova1$Pr..F.)
s2a_partner_fair_anova1 <- s2a_partner_fair_anova1 %>%
dplyr::rename(
# "b" = estimate,
"95\\% CI" = pes_ci95,
"\\textit{F}" = F,
"\\textit{p}" = Pr..F.,
"Cohen's \\textit{f}" = cohens_f, "$\\eta_p^2$" = pes
)
row.names(s2a_partner_fair_anova1) <- firstup(row.names(s2a_partner_fair_anova1))
row.names(s2a_partner_fair_anova1)[row.names(s2a_partner_fair_anova1) == "Stake_cond"] <- "Stake size"
row.names(s2a_partner_fair_anova1)[row.names(s2a_partner_fair_anova1) == "Inequality:stake_cond"] <- "Ineq*Stake"
# s2a_partner_fair_anova1 <- subset(s2a_partner_fair_anova1, select = -c(df))
row.names(s2a_partner_fair_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_partner_fair_anova1),
pattern = ":",
replacement = "*",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_partner_fair_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_partner_fair_anova1),
pattern = "Inequality_merit",
replacement = "Inequality/merit",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_partner_fair_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_partner_fair_anova1),
pattern = "Primer_security_spending_cent",
replacement = "Intro scen. spending",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_partner_fair_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_partner_fair_anova1),
pattern = "Payoff_motiv_cent",
replacement = "Payoff motivation",
fixed = TRUE
)
# s2a_partner_fair_anova1 <- s2a_partner_fair_anova1 %>% relocate(p, .before = "$\\eta_p^2$")
knitr::kable(s2a_partner_fair_anova1,
format='latex',
escape = F,
align = "ccccccc",
caption = "Study 2a, ANCOVA; inequality/merit on ratings of partner's belief of fairness.",
booktabs = TRUE,
linesep = ""
) %>%
kable_styling(latex_options = c(
# "striped",
"hold_position")) %>%
kableExtra::footnote(general = paste0("MSE = ",round(s2a_partner_fair_anova[1,"MSE"],2)),
footnote_as_chunk=T
# ,threeparttable = TRUE
)
```
Inequality's effect on security consumption was repeated for perceived partner envy. The ANCOVA detected a significant effect of the income allocation manipulation on perceived partner envy, `r anova_extract(s2a_envy_anova, "inequality_merit")` (Figure \@ref(fig:s2a-envy-fade), Table \@ref(tab:s2a-envy-anova)) Participants believed that their partners were significantly less envious in the random/equal condition versus the random/unequal condition, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_envy_emmeans,comp_name = "equal_random - unequal_random", reverse = TRUE)`, this reduction in perceived attack likelihood also held when equal/random was compared with the unequal/merit condition, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_envy_emmeans,comp_name = "equal_random - unequal_merit", test.stat=F, reverse = TRUE)`. There was no significant difference in reported partner envy between the unequal/merit and unequal/random conditions, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_envy_emmeans,comp_name = "unequal_merit - unequal_random", test.stat=F)`, so participants expected that inequality, but not fairness, would impact whether their partner was experiencing envy. <!-- `r report_tost(s2a_envy_tost_umerit_erandom)` --> <!-- `r report_tost(s2a_envy_tost_urandom_umerit)` -->
(ref:s2a-envy-fade) Study 2a, effects of merit/inequality on perceived partner envy.
```{=latex}
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\caption{(ref:s2a-envy-fade) \label{fig:s2a-envy-fade}}
```
```{r s2a-envy-fade, eval = TRUE, include=TRUE, echo=FALSE, out.width='60%'}
knitr::include_graphics("C:/Users/dalla/Google Drive/project_files/inequality_security/figures/s2a_envy_fadecloud.png")
```
```{=latex}
%\caption*{\textit{Notes:} Stacked datapoints mirrored with density plot (shaded middle 50\%), overlaid with means and 95\% CI.}
\end{figure}
```
```{r s2a-envy-anova, eval = TRUE, echo=FALSE}
s2a_envy_anova1 <- data.frame(s2a_envy_anova)
s2a_envy_anova1$Pr..F. <- report_pval(s2a_envy_anova1$Pr..F.)
numeric_columns <- sapply(s2a_envy_anova1, mode) == 'numeric'
s2a_envy_anova1[numeric_columns] <- sapply(s2a_envy_anova1[numeric_columns], report_float)
s2a_envy_anova1[c("pes", "pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi")] <- as.data.frame(sapply(s2a_envy_anova1[,c("pes", "pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi")], function(x) gsub('^(-)?0[.]', '\\1.', x)))
s2a_envy_anova1$pes_ci95 <- as.character(paste("[", s2a_envy_anova1$pes_ci95_lo, ", ", s2a_envy_anova1$pes_ci95_hi,"]", sep=""))
s2a_envy_anova1$ci95 <- as.character(paste("[", s2a_envy_anova1$ci95_lo, ", ", s2a_envy_anova1$ci95_hi,"]", sep=""))
s2a_envy_anova1$df <- as.character(paste(round(as.numeric(s2a_envy_anova1$NumDF),2), ", ", round(as.numeric(s2a_envy_anova1$DenDF),2), sep=""))
s2a_envy_anova1 <- s2a_envy_anova1 %>% relocate(df, .before = F) %>%
relocate(Pr..F., .before = pes) %>%
relocate(cohens_f, .before = pes)
s2a_envy_anova1 <- s2a_envy_anova1[,!names(s2a_envy_anova1) %in%
c("ci95_lo","ci95_hi", "MSE", "ci95", #"pes",
"pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi","NumDF","DenDF")]
# s2a_envy_anova1$Pr..F. <- report_pval(s2a_envy_anova1$Pr..F.)
s2a_envy_anova1 <- s2a_envy_anova1 %>%
dplyr::rename(
# "b" = estimate,
"95\\% CI" = pes_ci95,
"\\textit{F}" = F,
"\\textit{p}" = Pr..F.,
"Cohen's \\textit{f}" = cohens_f,
"$\\eta_p^2$" = pes
)
row.names(s2a_envy_anova1) <- firstup(row.names(s2a_envy_anova1))
row.names(s2a_envy_anova1)[row.names(s2a_envy_anova1) == "Stake_cond"] <- "Stake size"
row.names(s2a_envy_anova1)[row.names(s2a_envy_anova1) == "Inequality:stake_cond"] <- "Ineq*Stake"
# s2a_envy_anova1 <- subset(s2a_envy_anova1, select = -c(df))
row.names(s2a_envy_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_envy_anova1),
pattern = ":",
replacement = "*",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_envy_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_envy_anova1),
pattern = "Inequality_merit",
replacement = "Inequality/merit",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_envy_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_envy_anova1),
pattern = "Primer_security_spending_cent",
replacement = "Intro scen. spending",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_envy_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_envy_anova1),
pattern = "Payoff_motiv_cent",
replacement = "Payoff motivation",
fixed = TRUE
)
# s2a_envy_anova1 <- s2a_envy_anova1 %>% relocate(p, .before = "$\\eta_p^2$")
knitr::kable(s2a_envy_anova1,
format='latex',
escape = F,
align = "ccccccc",
caption = "Study 2a, ANCOVA; inequality/merit on perceived partner envy.",
booktabs = TRUE,
linesep = ""
) %>%
kable_styling(latex_options = c(
# "striped",
"hold_position")) %>%
kableExtra::footnote(general = paste0("MSE = ",round(s2a_envy_anova[1,"MSE"],2)),
footnote_as_chunk=T
# ,threeparttable = TRUE
)
```
Income distribution affected participant's perceived likelihood of attack in largely the same way as security consumption and perceived partner envy, `r anova_extract(s2a_likelihood_anova,"inequality_merit")` (Figure \@ref(fig:s2a-likelihood-fade), Table \@ref(tab:s2a-likelihood-anova)). Compared to the unequal/random condition, participants in the equal/random condition were less likely to believe that their partners would attack them, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_likelihood_emmeans,comp_name = "equal_random - unequal_random", test.stat=T, reverse = TRUE)`, this pattern also held when equal/random was compared with the unequal/merit condition, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_likelihood_emmeans,comp_name = "equal_random - unequal_merit", test.stat=F, reverse = TRUE)`. A potentially notable deviation is that the difference between the unequal/merit and unequal/random conditions almost reached statistical significance. `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_likelihood_emmeans,comp_name = "unequal_merit - unequal_random", test.stat=F, reverse = TRUE)`.
<!-- `r report_tost(s2a_likelihood_tost_urandom_erandom)` -->
<!-- `r report_tost(s2a_likelihood_tost_umerit_erandom)` -->
<!-- `r report_tost(s2a_likelihood_tost_urandom_umerit)` -->
(ref:s2a-likelihood-fade) Study 2a, effects of merit/inequality on perceived attack likelihood.
```{=latex}
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\caption{(ref:s2a-likelihood-fade) \label{fig:s2a-likelihood-fade}}
```
```{r s2a-likelihood-fade, eval = TRUE, include=TRUE, echo=FALSE, out.width='60%'}
knitr::include_graphics("C:/Users/dalla/Google Drive/project_files/inequality_security/figures/s2a_likelihood_fadecloud.png")
```
```{=latex}
%\caption*{\textit{Notes:} Stacked datapoints mirrored with density plot (shaded middle 50\%), overlaid with means and 95\% CI.}
\end{figure}
```
```{r s2a-likelihood-anova, eval = TRUE, echo=FALSE}
s2a_likelihood_anova1 <- data.frame(s2a_likelihood_anova)
s2a_likelihood_anova1$Pr..F. <- report_pval(s2a_likelihood_anova1$Pr..F.)
numeric_columns <- sapply(s2a_likelihood_anova1, mode) == 'numeric'
s2a_likelihood_anova1[numeric_columns] <- sapply(s2a_likelihood_anova1[numeric_columns], report_float)
s2a_likelihood_anova1[c("pes", "pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi")] <- as.data.frame(sapply(s2a_likelihood_anova1[,c("pes", "pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi")], function(x) gsub('^(-)?0[.]', '\\1.', x)))
s2a_likelihood_anova1$ci95 <- as.character(paste("[", s2a_likelihood_anova1$ci95_lo, ", ", s2a_likelihood_anova1$ci95_hi,"]", sep=""))
s2a_likelihood_anova1$pes_ci95 <- as.character(paste("[", s2a_likelihood_anova1$pes_ci95_lo, ", ", s2a_likelihood_anova1$pes_ci95_hi,"]", sep=""))
s2a_likelihood_anova1$df <- as.character(paste(round(as.numeric(s2a_likelihood_anova1$NumDF),2), ", ", round(as.numeric(s2a_likelihood_anova1$DenDF),2), sep=""))
s2a_likelihood_anova1 <- s2a_likelihood_anova1 %>% relocate(df, .before = F) %>%
relocate(Pr..F., .before = pes) %>%
relocate(cohens_f, .before = pes)
s2a_likelihood_anova1 <- s2a_likelihood_anova1[,!names(s2a_likelihood_anova1) %in%
c("ci95_lo","ci95_hi", "MSE", "ci95", #"pes",
"pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi","NumDF","DenDF")]
# s2a_likelihood_anova1$Pr..F. <- report_pval(s2a_likelihood_anova1$Pr..F.)
s2a_likelihood_anova1 <- s2a_likelihood_anova1 %>%
dplyr::rename(
# "b" = estimate,
"95\\% CI" = pes_ci95,
"\\textit{F}" = F,
"\\textit{p}" = Pr..F.,
"Cohen's \\textit{f}" = cohens_f,
"$\\eta_p^2$" = pes
)
row.names(s2a_likelihood_anova1) <- firstup(row.names(s2a_likelihood_anova1))
row.names(s2a_likelihood_anova1)[row.names(s2a_likelihood_anova1) == "Stake_cond"] <- "Stake size"
row.names(s2a_likelihood_anova1)[row.names(s2a_likelihood_anova1) == "Inequality:stake_cond"] <- "Ineq*Stake"
# s2a_likelihood_anova1 <- subset(s2a_likelihood_anova1, select = -c(df))
row.names(s2a_likelihood_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_likelihood_anova1),
pattern = ":",
replacement = "*",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_likelihood_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_likelihood_anova1),
pattern = "Inequality_merit",
replacement = "Inequality/merit",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_likelihood_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_likelihood_anova1),
pattern = "Primer_security_spending_cent",
replacement = "Intro scen. spending",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_likelihood_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_likelihood_anova1),
pattern = "Payoff_motiv_cent",
replacement = "Payoff motivation",
fixed = TRUE
)
# s2a_likelihood_anova1 <- s2a_likelihood_anova1 %>% relocate(p, .before = "$\\eta_p^2$")
knitr::kable(s2a_likelihood_anova1,
format='latex',
escape = F,
align = "ccccccc",
caption = "Study 2a, ANCOVA; inequality/merit on ratings of attack likelihood.",
booktabs = TRUE,
linesep = ""
) %>%
kable_styling(latex_options = c(
# "striped",
"hold_position")) %>%
kableExtra::footnote(general = paste0("MSE = ",round(s2a_likelihood_anova[1,"MSE"],2)),
footnote_as_chunk=T
# ,threeparttable = TRUE
)
```
Inequality reduced payoff motivations, potentially reflecting advantageous inequity aversion. Participants in the equal/random condition reported a higher desire to keep their money than participants in the unequal/random condition, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_payoff_motiv_emmeans,comp_name = "equal_random - unequal_random")`. However, there was no significant difference between equal/random and the unequal/merit condition, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_payoff_motiv_emmeans,comp_name = "equal_random - unequal_merit")`, suggesting that a deserved advantage reduced advantageous inequity aversion. Likewise, individuals in the unequal/merit conditionreported higher payoff motivations than those in the unequal/random condition, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2a_payoff_motiv_emmeans,comp_name = "unequal_merit - unequal_random")`. The significant effect of payoff motivations thus lends support to the importance of controlling for one's desire to keep their money when analyzing inequality's effects on security spending.
(ref:s2a-payoff-motiv-fade) Study 2a, effects of merit/inequality on payoff motivations.
```{=latex}
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\caption{(ref:s2a-payoff-motiv-fade) \label{fig:s2a-payoff-motiv-fade}}
```
```{r s2a-payoff_motiv-fade, eval = TRUE, include=TRUE, echo=FALSE, out.width='60%'}
knitr::include_graphics("C:/Users/dalla/Google Drive/project_files/inequality_security/figures/s2a_payoff_motiv_fadecloud.png")
```
```{=latex}
%\caption*{\textit{Notes:} Stacked datapoints mirrored with density plot (shaded middle 50\%), overlaid with means and 95\% CI.}
\end{figure}
```
```{r s2a-payoff-motiv-anova, eval = TRUE, echo=FALSE}
s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1 <- data.frame(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova)
s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1$Pr..F. <- report_pval(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1$Pr..F.)
numeric_columns <- sapply(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1, mode) == 'numeric'
s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1[numeric_columns] <- sapply(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1[numeric_columns], report_float)
s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1[c("pes", "pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi")] <- as.data.frame(sapply(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1[,c("pes", "pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi")], function(x) gsub('^(-)?0[.]', '\\1.', x)))
s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1$pes_ci95 <- as.character(paste("[", s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1$pes_ci95_lo, ", ", s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1$pes_ci95_hi,"]", sep=""))
s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1$ci95 <- as.character(paste("[", s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1$ci95_lo, ", ", s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1$ci95_hi,"]", sep=""))
s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1$df <- as.character(paste(round(as.numeric(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1$NumDF),2), ", ", round(as.numeric(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1$DenDF),2), sep=""))
s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1 <- s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1 %>% relocate(df, .before = F) %>%
relocate(Pr..F., .before = pes) %>%
relocate(cohens_f, .before = pes)
s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1 <- s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1[,!names(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1) %in%
c("ci95_lo","ci95_hi", "MSE", "ci95", #"pes",
"pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi","NumDF","DenDF")]
# s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1$Pr..F. <- report_pval(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1$Pr..F.)
s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1 <- s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1 %>%
dplyr::rename(
# "b" = estimate,
"95\\% CI" = pes_ci95,
"\\textit{F}" = F,
"\\textit{p}" = Pr..F.,
"Cohen's \\textit{f}" = cohens_f,
"$\\eta_p^2$" = pes
)
row.names(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1) <- firstup(row.names(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1))
row.names(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1)[row.names(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1) == "Stake_cond"] <- "Stake size"
row.names(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1)[row.names(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1) == "Inequality:stake_cond"] <- "Ineq*Stake"
# s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1 <- subset(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1, select = -c(df))
row.names(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1),
pattern = ":",
replacement = "*",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1),
pattern = "Inequality_merit",
replacement = "Inequality/merit",
fixed = TRUE
)
row.names(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1) <-
gsub(
x = row.names(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1),
pattern = "Primer_security_spending_cent",
replacement = "Intro scen. spending",
fixed = TRUE
)
# s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1 <- s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1 %>% relocate(p, .before = "$\\eta_p^2$")
knitr::kable(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova1,
format='latex',
escape = F,
align = "ccccccc",
caption = "Study 2a, ANCOVA; inequality/merit on payoff motivations.",
booktabs = TRUE,
linesep = ""
) %>%
kable_styling(latex_options = c(
# "striped",
"hold_position")) %>%
kableExtra::footnote(general = paste0("MSE = ",round(s2a_payoff_motiv_anova[1,"MSE"],2)),
footnote_as_chunk=T
# ,threeparttable = TRUE
)
```
<!-- A person's (anticipated) begrudging reaction to being deservedly worse-off is also seen in that perceived partner envy was insensitive to the fairness manipulation. -->
<!-- Despite the null effects of merit on security spending and anticipated envy, merit led to significantly reduced expectations of perceived attack likelihood, compared to an unequal but random assignment of incomes. -->
<!-- These results indicate that participants expect inequality to consistently evoke envy in their partners, even when the inequality is perceived as fair or merited. -->
<!-- is stands in contrast to the strict "benign or malicious" model of envy, which assumes that -->
<!-- The effect of inequality on perceived attack likelihood does seem smaller in study 2a (change of .5 between random equal vs. random unequal; change of .9 in real-payoffs study 1c; change of 1.0 in within-subjects study 1b). Not sure whether this decrease can be considered within the margin of error. Similarly, the ratings of attack likelihood in the random equal condition (5.5) are indeed .4 higher than the values found in 1b and 1c (5.1). -->
<!-- I think you're right to zone in on perceived likelihood - although we've done our mediation analyses with perceived envy, it's always seemed like security spending tracked more closely with perceived attack likelihood (i.e., having the same strength of effects with inequality). -->
<!-- > My partner is probably going to try stealing from me\ -->
<!-- > My partner probably feels envious of me\ -->
<!-- > My partner probably feels jealous of me\ -->
<!-- > My partner probably feels bitter\ -->
## Study 2b: Inequality and Income Visibility
<!--# As such, any mechanism allowing for impartial distribution of resources (e.g., a coin flip), ostensibly satisfies the need to justify a privileged position, and may reduce the felt need to consume security products. -->
<!-- `r tolower(hypotheses[3])` -->
To test whether income visibility weakened the effect of inequality on security spending, `r s2b2_n_collected` participants were recruited from Prolific (restricted to computers - no smartphones/tablets). After initial collection, `r s2b2_non_consent` participants did not consent, and `r s2b2_n_consented-s2b2_n_screened` either failed a comprehension check, attention check, or had missing responses. After these exclusions, n = `r s2b2_n_screened` individuals were retained for analyses (`r round(s2b2_female*100,2)`% female). Following consent, demographics, and an introductory security game, participants were randomly assigned to one of four conditions in a 2b\*2b design [equal vs. unequal\*visible incomes vs. invisible]. Inequality was manipulated in the same manner as the past experiments. Income visibility was manipulated in the same page as inequality, where individuals were told that "Blue knows how much money you each have received," versus "Blue does not know how much money you received." In effect, income visibility was either two-sided (both players knowing each other's incomes), or one-sided (only the Defenders knowing both player's incomes).
<!-- Particularly in the presence of increasingly diverse societies, an understanding of how people respond to perceived threats posed by "others" may be instrumental in engineering social infrastructure and policies to improve people's real and felt security. -->
```{r s2b2-desc-tab}
s2b2desc_columns <- c("Variable", "Mean", "SD", "Cron. $\\alpha$ 95\\% CI")
s2b2_desc <- knitr::kable(s2b2_desc, caption = 'Study 2a Descriptive Statistics',
format = 'latex',
escape = F,
align = "lcccccc",
col.names = s2b2desc_columns,
booktabs = T,
linesep = "") %>%
kable_styling(full_width = FALSE) %>%
column_spec(1,width = "2in",
latex_valign = "b") %>%
column_spec(2,width = ".4in",
latex_valign = "b") %>%
column_spec(3,width = ".4in",
latex_valign = "b") %>%
column_spec(4,width = ".9in",
latex_valign = "b") %>%
kable_styling(latex_options = c(
# "striped",
"hold_position"))
# %>%
# kable_styling(latex_options = "striped")
s2b2_desc
```
### Results
<!-- Replicating **H1)**, the ANCOVA found a significant main effect of inequality, `r anova_extract(s2b2_spending_anova,"inequality")`; when incomes were visible, participants in the inequality condition spent \$`r abs(round(s2b2_spending_emmeans[6,"estimate"],2))` more on security products -->
Testing **H4)**, a 2b\*2b ANCOVA (controlling for introductory spending and payoff motivations) did not find the predicted significant inequality\*visibility interaction, `r anova_extract(s2b2_spending_anova,"inequality:visible",is.first = TRUE,test.stat=TRUE)`, although this interaction effect was close to statistical significance (Figure \@ref(fig:s2b2-spending-fade) & Table \@ref(tab:s2b2-security-anova)). Supporting **H4a)**, the unequal/visible condition had more security spending than the equal/visible condition, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2b2_spending_emmeans,comp_name = "inequality0 visible1 - inequality1 visible1", reverse = TRUE)` (which also replicates **H1)**).
Although there was no significant difference in spending between the unequal/invisible condition and the equal/invisible condition, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2b2_spending_emmeans,comp_name = "inequality0 visible0 - inequality1 visible0", reverse = TRUE)`, an equivalence test using TOST found this difference was not statistically equivalent to zero: the effect was statistically larger than *g* = -.2, `r report_tost(s2b2_spending_tost_uninv_eqinv, equ=T,any_effect = F,test.stat = T,pval=T,tost_lo = T)`, but was not significantly smaller than *g* =.2, `r report_tost(s2b2_spending_tost_uninv_eqinv, equ=T,any_effect = F,test.stat = T,pval=T)`, failing to support **H4b)**.
Likewise, there was no significant difference between the unequal/invisible condition and the equal/visible condition, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2b2_spending_emmeans,comp_name = "inequality1 visible0 - inequality0 visible1")`, an equivalence test using TOST found that this difference in security spending was statistically equivalent to zero: the effect was statistically larger than *g* = -.2, `r report_tost(s2b2_spending_tost_uninv_eqvis, equ=T,any_effect = F,test.stat = T,pval=T,tost_lo = T)`, and significantly smaller than *g* =.2, `r report_tost(s2b2_spending_tost_uninv_eqvis, equ=T,any_effect = F,test.stat = T,pval=T)`.
Supporting **H4c)**, participants in the unequal/visible condition reported a greater willingness to purchase security than those in the unequal/invisible condition, `r emmeans_contrast_extract(df=s2b2_spending_emmeans,comp_name = "inequality1 visible0 - inequality1 visible1", reverse = TRUE)`; however, this latter effect is consistent with the main effect of visibility. Taken together, the results of Study 2b failed to find complete support for **H4)**.
(ref:s2b2-spending-fade) Study 2b, effects of visibility/inequality on security spending.
```{=latex}
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\caption{(ref:s2b2-spending-fade) \label{fig:s2b2-spending-fade}}
```
```{r s2b2-spending-fade, eval = TRUE, include=TRUE, echo=FALSE, out.width='70%'}
knitr::include_graphics("C:/Users/dalla/Google Drive/project_files/inequality_security/figures/s2b2_security_fadecloud.png")
```
```{=latex}
%\caption*{\textit{Notes:} Stacked datapoints mirrored with density plot (shaded middle 50\%), overlaid with means and 95\% CI.}
\end{figure}
```
```{r s2b2-security-anova, eval = TRUE, echo=FALSE}
s2b2_spending_anova1 <- data.frame(s2b2_spending_anova)
s2b2_spending_anova1$Pr..F. <- report_pval(s2b2_spending_anova1$Pr..F.)
numeric_columns <- sapply(s2b2_spending_anova1, mode) == 'numeric'
s2b2_spending_anova1[numeric_columns] <- sapply(s2b2_spending_anova1[numeric_columns], report_float)
s2b2_spending_anova1[c("pes", "pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi")] <- as.data.frame(sapply(s2b2_spending_anova1[,c("pes", "pes_ci95_lo", "pes_ci95_hi")], function(x) gsub('^(-)?0[.]', '\\1.', x)))
s2b2_spending_anova1$pes_ci95 <- as.character(paste("[", s2b2_spending_anova1$pes_ci95_lo, ", ", s2b2_spending_anova1$pes_ci95_hi,"]", sep=""))