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Altruism More Likely in Affluent Areas - Study

A 'dropped letter' experiment reveals that the affluence of a neighborhood can affect whether or not residents engage in an altruistic acts.

Altruism More Likely in Affluent Areas - Study

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  1. Grueter, C.C., Ingram, J.A., Lewisson, J.W., Bradford, O.R., Taba, M., Coetzee, R.E. and Sherwood, M.A. (2016). Human altruistic tendencies vary with both the costliness of selfless acts and socioeconomic status. PeerJ. 4:e2610. Retrieved from https://peerj.com/articles/2610/.
  2. Holland, J. and Salva, A.S. (2012). Lost Letter Measure of Variation in Altruistic Behaviour in 20 Neighbourhoods. PLoS One. 7(8): e43294. Retrieved from http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0043294.
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