Higher socioeconomic status does not predict decreased prosocial behavior in a field experiment

James Andreoni; Nikos Nikiforakis; Jan Stoop

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24519-5

Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Higher socioeconomic status does not predict decreased prosocial behavior in a field experiment

James Andreoni,
Nikos Nikiforakis,
Jan Stoop

Affiliations

James Andreoni: Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego
Nikos Nikiforakis: Division of Social Science, and Center for Behavioral Institutional Design, New York University
Jan Stoop: Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24519-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

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Previous work had suggested association between socioeconomic status and pro-social behaviour. Here the authors investigate in a field experiment if socioeconomic status is associated with pro-social behaviour.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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