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Reply to Côté and Willer: New replication attempts provide no evidence that inequality moderates the effect of income on generosity
Stefan C. SchmukleBoris Egloffsubject
GenerosityMultidisciplinaryInequalitymedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesModeration050105 experimental psychologyReplication (computing)03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineDictator gameEconomic inequalityState (polity)EconomicsHousehold income0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesDemographic economics030217 neurology & neurosurgerymedia_commondescription
Cote et al. (1) provided evidence that economic inequality moderates the effect of income on generosity. In their study, individuals with higher household income were less generous in a dictator game than poorer individuals only if they resided in a US state with comparatively large economic inequality. We questioned this finding because we did not find any evidence for the postulated moderation effect of economic inequality across three studies (ref. 2; for similar replication failures see ref. 3). However, our studies were conceptual rather than direct replications as we used different measures of generosity (charitable donations, behavior in a trust game, and volunteering) and also included non-US … [↵][1]1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: schmukle{at}uni-leipzig.de. [1]: #xref-corresp-1-1
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-31 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |