Altruistic Giving Toward Refugees: Identifying Factors That Increase Citizens' Willingness to Help.

ABSTRACT: Over the past decade, the world has faced an unprecedented refugee crisis. The large number of incoming refugees represents a challenge for host societies and its citizens triggering reactions from a supportive welcome to brusque rejection and hostile behavior toward refugees. In a pre-registered study, we investigated factors that could promote altruistic behavior in fully incentivized one-shot Dictator Game toward various receiver groups including refugees. We find that host citizens behave more altruistically toward refugees and other receiver groups if they (a) share a local identity with them (i.e., live in the same city), and (b) perceive them to be close (to the self) and warm-hearted. Moreover, citizens that are (c) generally more prosocial and hold a more left-wing political orien

SUBMITTER: Hellmann DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8381334 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature