巨灾经历对亲社会行为的影响:来自地震经历的经验证据

The Influence of Catastrophe Experience on Prosocial Behavior:Evidence from Earthquake Experience

本文运用中国微观调查数据及中国地震灾害相关数据,研究了巨灾经历对个体亲社会行为的影响,并对可能的影响渠道进行了讨论。本文研究结果表明,经历过巨灾的个体,其亲社会行为会显著增加,且经过检验这一结果是稳健的。进一步的机制检验发现,巨灾经历可能通过政府信任、人际信任这两个渠道影响个体亲社会行为。本文证明了巨灾经历对亲社会行为可能的影响,并证明了灾害发生时政府救灾和社会救灾为社会带来的正外部性。

In this paper,based on micro-survey data and seismic disaster data in Chin a,we study the impact of catastrophe experience on individual prosocial behavior.Theresul ts show that individuals who have experienced a catastrophe will engage in more prosocialbehavior than those who have not.The results are consistent after several tests.Further me chanism analysis shows that the catastrophe experience may influence indivi dual’sprosocial behavior through government trust and interpersonal trust.This pape rdemonstrates the possible influence of catastrophe experience on prosocial behavior andthe positive externalities of government and social disaster relief when disasters occur.