## Metadata * URL: [https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms11825](https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms11825) * Author: [[robb-b.|Robb B]] ## Highlights * Social comparison has been suggested as an important mediator of the relationship between wealth and well-being, with relative as opposed to absolute wealth exerting a substantial influence9,10,11. * the relative emotional impact of advantageous and disadvantageous inequality predicts altruistic behaviour at the level of individuals.