Arbeitspapier
Physical Distance and Cooperativeness Towards Strangers
Cooperativeness among genetically unrelated humans remains a major puzzle in the social sciences. We explore the causal impact of physical distance on willingness to help. In a field setting, participants decide about supporting local refugees at the dispense of money to themselves. We vary physical distance only, and keep other factors such as cultural distance fixed. The data shows that an increase in local physical distance decreases willingness to donate. A laboratory experiment confirms this finding. We further explore the causal roles of exposure (in the field) and of larger distances (in the lab) with a total of 475 participants.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 6825
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Field Experiments
Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- Thema
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cooperativeness
physical distance
strangers
morally relevant behavior
local neighborhoods
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Kühl, Leonie
Szech, Nora
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
- (wo)
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Munich
- (wann)
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Kühl, Leonie
- Szech, Nora
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Entstanden
- 2017
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