Pro-social attitudes towards ethno-religious out-groups during the COVID-19 pandemic: A survey experiment in five countries

Sarah Carol, Lea David, Siniša Malešević and Gordana Uzelac

EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2024, vol. 39, issue 1, 113-137

Abstract: To what extent were individuals willing to help others during the pandemic? This article examines pro-social attitudes among 7000 residents in England, Ireland, Germany, Serbia, and Sweden by showing a fictitious scenario of an older neighbour who needs his groceries to be picked up from a nearby supermarket. The online survey experiment follows a 3 × 2 × 2 factorial design varying the ethno-religious origin of neighbours signalled by the name (Alexander vs Mohammed), the length of their residence (

Keywords: COVID-19; Europe; minorities; pro-sociality; religion; solidarity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/02685809231214168

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