Peter Ronald Belmi

Peter Belmi
PhD Student, Organizational Behavior
PhD Program Office Graduate School of Business Stanford University 655 Knight Way Stanford, CA 94305

Peter Ronald Belmi

Research Statement

Why are rich people rich? Why are poor people poor? And why do status differences between the rich and the poor seem to persist over time? To answer these questions, I study the causes and consequences of inequality, why it persists, and how it impedes members of disadvantaged groups from achieving success. Specifically, I study how people’s social class backgrounds influence people’s attitudes, motivations, lay theories, and worldviews, in ways that contribute to the reproduction of existing power and status hierarchies.