Title
Religion and prosocial behaviour: a field test
Publication Date
2011
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Religious people are thought to be more prosocial than nonreligious people. Laboratory studies of this using ultimatum, dictator, public goods, and trust games have produced mixed results, which could be due to lack of context. This article examines the relationship between religion and prosocial behaviour using data from a context-rich, naturally occurring field experiment that closely resembles the dictator game--tipping in restaurants. Customers were surveyed as they left a set of restaurants in Richmond, Virginia, in the summers of 2002 and 2003. Our findings reveal no evidence of religious prosociality.
Original Citation
Grossman, P. J., & Parrett, M. B. (2011). Religion and prosocial behaviour: a field test. Applied Economics Letters, 18(6), 523-526. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851003761798
Identifier
Virtual Commons Citation
Grossman, Philip J. and Parrett, Matthew (2011). Religion and prosocial behaviour: a field test. In Economics Faculty Publications. Paper 4.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/econ_fac/4