Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
We study how giving depends on income and luck, and how culture and information about the determinants of others’ income affect this relationship. Our data come from an experiment conducted in two countries, the US and Spain, which have different beliefs about how income inequality arises. We find no cross-cultural differences in giving when individuals are informed about the determinants of income, but when uninformed, Americans give less than Spanish. Culture and information not only affect individual giving, but also the determinants of giving and the beliefs about how income inequality arises. Beliefs partially moderate cross-cultural differences in giving.
Recommended Citation
Rey-Biel, P., Sheremeta, R., & Uler, N. (2015). When income depends on performance and luck: The effects of culture and information on giving. ESI Working Paper 15-12. http://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_papers/161
A peer-reviewed version of this paper was later published as:
Rey-Biel, P., Sheremeta, R., & Uler, N. (2019). When income depends on performance and luck: The effects of culture and information on giving. Experimental Economics and Culture, 20, 167-203. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0193-230620180000020006
Comments
Working Paper 15-12