Gender and generosity: How contribution information triggers solidarity behavior during a crisis

IF 1.6 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI:10.1016/j.socec.2024.102275

Thong Q. Ho , Linh T-P. Nguyen , Ulrike Grote , Dil B. Rahut , Tetsushi Sonobe , Thanh T. Nguyen

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how important solidarity and prosocial behavior are in society. However, it is not well understood how solidarity behavior can be encouraged in such extreme cases. This study investigates the effect of activating crisis concerns and contribution information on solidarity perception and behavior using an experimental survey of 1,259 respondents in 2022 from Vietnam. Our findings reveal that (i) there exists a perception-actual behavior gap as the available information is not able to promote solidarity behavior, (ii) activating concerns about the impact of a crisis, i.e., COVID-19, does not trigger prosocial perception and behavior, (iii) contribution information improves solidarity perception, and (iv) females tend to donate more than their male counterparts. When aiming to promote solidarity behavior, it is important to be aware of the prosocial perception-behavior gap, and consider different strategies for males and females, including paying more attention to evoking moral emotions in women.

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性别与慷慨：捐款信息如何触发危机时期的团结行为

COVID-19 大流行显示了团结和亲社会行为在社会中的重要性。然而，人们对在这种极端情况下如何鼓励团结行为还不甚了解。本研究通过对 2022 年越南的 1,259 名受访者进行实验调查，研究了激活危机关注和贡献信息对团结观念和行为的影响。我们的研究结果表明：(i) 由于现有信息无法促进团结行为，因此存在感知与实际行为之间的差距；(ii) 激活对危机影响的担忧（即 COVID-19）并不会引发亲社会感知和行为；(iii) 捐助信息会改善团结感知；(iv) 女性往往比男性更倾向于捐款。在促进团结行为时，必须意识到亲社会认知与行为之间的差距，并考虑针对男性和女性采取不同的策略，包括更加关注唤起女性的道德情感。

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

2.60

自引率

12.50%

发文量

113

审稿时长

83 days

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