Restaurant tipping in Europe: a comparative assessment

Stefan Gössling (1) , Sébastien Fernandez (2) , Carlos Martin-Rios (2) , Susana Pasamar Reyes (3) , Valérie Fointiat (4) , Rami Isaac (5) , Merete Lunde (6)

1 Skane University Hospital [Lund]
2 HES-SO - University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland
3 UPO - Universidad Pablo de Olavide [Sevilla]
4 LPS - Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale
5 Breda University of Apllied Sciences
6 Western Norway Research Institute [Sognda]

Tipping is a social norm in many countries and has important functions as a source of income, with significant social welfare effects. Tipping can also represent a form of lost tax revenue, as service workers and restaurants may not declare all cash tips. These interrelationships remain generally insufficiently understood. This paper presents the results of a comparative survey of resident tipping patterns in restaurants in Spain,

Mots clés: Economic value; minimum wage; restaurants; service gratuity; social welfare; tipping

Domaines: Psychologie

Stefan Gössling, Sébastien Fernandez, Carlos Martin-Rios, Susana Pasamar Reyes, Valérie Fointiat, et al.. Restaurant tipping in Europe: a comparative assessment. Current Issues in Tourism, 2021, 24 (6), pp.811-823. ⟨10.1080/13683500.2020.1749244⟩. ⟨hal-03614978⟩