Money & society · 2020
Do people in different European countries tip at restaurants equally often and give the same share of the bill?
No. A survey of residents in Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands found country differences in how often people tip at restaurants and how much they tip relative to the bill. The abstract does not report which countries tipped more or how large the differences were.
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The researchers compared residents’ restaurant tipping patterns through a survey. Statistical analyses supported country differences in both tipping frequency and the amount tipped as a share of the bill. This describes reported tipping patterns, not the effects of an experiment.
The researchers discussed the findings in relation to employment conditions and social welfare, contrasting the European Union minimum-wage model with US approaches that depend on tips for income. That discussion does not establish that wage policies caused the observed differences. The abstract provides neither the survey sample size nor country-specific results, so it cannot support a country ranking or show the size of the differences.
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