Measuring Altruistic Behavior in Surveys: The All-or-Nothing Dictator Game

A field study of altruistic behaviour is presented using a modification of the dictator game in a large random sample survey in the netherlands (n=1,964). In line with laboratory experiments, only 5.7% donated money. In line with other survey research on giving, generosity increased with age, educa...

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Main Author: Rene Bekkers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Survey Research Association 2007-12-01
Series:Survey Research Methods
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Online Access:https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/srm/article/view/54