不平等
经济不平等
邻里(数学)
人口经济学
社会不平等
经济
收入不平等指标
社会经济地位
人口学
社会学
人口
数学
数学分析
出处
期刊:PLOS ONE
[Public Library of Science]
日期:2023-06-14
卷期号:18 (6): e0286273-e0286273
标识
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0286273
摘要
There is ongoing debate about whether the relationship between income and pro-social behaviour depends on economic inequality. Studies investigating this question differ in their conclusions but are consistent in measuring inequality at aggregated geographic levels (i.e. at the state, region, or country-level). I hypothesise that local, more immediate manifestations of inequality are important for driving pro-social behaviour, and test the interaction between income and inequality at a much finer geographical resolution than previous studies. I first analyse the charitable giving of US households using ZIP-code level measures of inequality and data on tax deductible charitable donations reported to the IRS. I then examine whether the results generalise using a large-scale UK household survey and neighbourhood-level inequality measures. In both samples I find robust evidence of a significant interaction effect, albeit in the opposite direction as that which has been previously postulated-higher income individuals behave more pro-socially rather than less when local inequality is high.
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