The Number of Fatalities Drives Disaster Aid: Increasing Sensitivity to People in Need

I. Evangelidis; Bram Van den Bergh

doi:10.1177/0956797613490748

The Number of Fatalities Drives Disaster Aid: Increasing Sensitivity to People in Need

I. Evangelidis^*
, Bram Van den Bergh

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In the studies reported here, an analysis of financial donations in response to natural disasters showed that the amount of money allocated for humanitarian aid depends on the number of fatalities but not on the number of survivors who are affected by the disaster (i.e., the actual beneficiaries of the aid). On the basis of the experimental evidence, we discuss the underlying cause and provide guidelines to increase sensitivity to people in need.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2226-2234
Number of pages	9
Journal	Psychological Science
Volume	24
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797613490748
Publication status	Published - Nov 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

decision making
disaster donation
heuristics
policy making
prosocial behavior
reliability
validity

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