Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177119 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11315
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We design a new field experiment to test pro-social behaviour: will a household return a letter that has been incorrectly addressed? On average, we find that half of all letters were returned. Return rates do not vary significantly according to the gender, race or ethnicity of the fictitious addressee. However, return rates are higher in more affluent neighbourhoods.
Subjects: 
field experiments
discrimination
altruism
JEL: 
J71
C93
D64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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