The role of social norms on the willingness to act and donate against sexual harassment

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作者：
Rhodes L.A. [1 ]
Sánchez G.E. [2 ]
Espinoza N.E. [3 ]
Borja V. [3 ]
机构：
[1] Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas, Centro de Investigaciones Rurales, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Km. 30.5 Vía Perimetral, Guayaquil
[2] Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas, Centro de Investigaciones Económicas, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Km. 30.5 Vía Perimetral, Guayaquil
[3] Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Km. 30.5 Vía Perimetral, Guayaquil
来源：
International Review of Economics | 2024年 / 71卷 / 2期
关键词：
B54; C91; D83; Donations; Laboratory experiment; Nudging; Sexual harassment; Social norms;
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10.1007/s12232-023-00442-7
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摘要：
Sexual harassment has both social and economic consequences for the harassed and others witnessing the behavior, so eliminating sexual harassment is key in creating safe social contexts in which all members of society can contribute. This paper uses an experimental setting to examine the effectiveness of injunctive social norms in nudging potential bystanders to be willing to act against situations of sexual harassment or donate toward related campaigns and examines gender differences in these effects. This was accomplished by exclusively providing the treatment group with previously determined social norms related to the appropriateness of a set of sexual harassment scenarios. We find evidence that providing social norm information in a sexual harassment setting has mixed effects on the willingness to act as a bystander and generally has positive effects on donations. Further, there is evidence that the treatment effects vary by gender. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2023.
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