A recent study challenges the stereotype that poorer individuals are inherently kinder than wealthier ones, suggesting that wealthier people are actually marginally more inclined to exhibit kindness. The research, analyzing data from over 2.3 million individuals across five decades and various nations, found that scarcity among lower-income groups limits their ability to engage in prosocial behaviors, such as helping and sharing. The study represents a shift in understanding social class's impact on generosity, suggesting that wealth may enable more altruistic behaviors due to resources.
Scarce resources make it more costly for lower class individuals to behave prosocially toward others.
The studies investigated social class (income and education) and 'prosocial' behaviours - those intended to help other people or society as a whole.
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