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Love and money with inheritance : marital sorting by labor income and inherited wealth in the modern partnership
Pasteau, Etienne; Zhu, Junyi - 2018
marital choices may be undergoing change. We expand the traditional dimension of assortative mating through labor income only …, covering both labor income and inheritance. This paper studies the concentration and substitutability of these two traits in … outcomes seen in France. By assuming a sequential revelation of inheritance and labor income in marital sorting, we develop a …
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A note on charitable giving by corporates and aristocrats : evidence from a field experiment
Bassi, Vittorio; Huck, Steffen; Rasul, Imran - 2016
donors for example account for 25-35% of charitable income for the largest US charities, across charitable sectors. This note …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455861
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Matching donations without crowding out? : some theoretical considerations, a field, and a lab experiment
Adena, Maja; Huck, Steffen - 2017
Is there a way of matching donations that avoids crowding out? We introduce a novel matching method where the matched amount is allocated to a different project, present some simple theoretical considerations that predict reduced crowding out or crowding in (depending on the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011626745
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Quality certifications for nonprofits, charitable giving, and donor's trust : experimental evidence
Adena, Maja; Alizade, Jeyhun; Bohner, Frauke; Harke, Julian - 2017
In an experiment, we test the impact of quality certificates on donations to a charity. When presented with a quality certificate, participants chose higher donations by approximately 10%. This effect is significant for donations out of prize money and actual own money donations, and not...
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Quality certifications for nonprofits, charitable giving, an d donor's trust: experimental evidence
Adena, Maja; Alizade, Jeyhun; Bohner, Frauke; Harke, Julian - 2018
In a n experiment, we test the impact of quality certificates on donation s to a charity. Compared to the control group, participants presented with a quality certificate chose higher donations by around 10% and reported higher trust towards the same charity . The choice of donation values over...
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Comparing charitable fundraising schemes : evidence from a natural field experiment and a structural model
Huck, Steffen; Rasul, Imran; Shephard, Andrew - 2013 - Revised August 2013
We present evidence from a natural field experiment and structural model designed to shed light on the efficacy of alternative fundraising schemes. In conjunction with the Bavarian State Opera, we mailed 25,000 opera attendees a letter describing a charitable fundraising project organized by the...
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COVID-19 and pro-sociality: How do donors respond to local pandemic severity, increased salience, and media coverage?
Adena, Maja; Harke, Julian - 2021
Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected pro-sociality among individuals? After the onset of the pandemic, many charitable appeals were updated to include a reference to COVID-19. Did donors increase their giving in response to such changes? In order to answer these questions, we conducted a...
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COVID-19 and pro-sociality : how do donors respond to local pandemic severity, increased salience, and media coverage?
Adena, Maja; Harke, Julian - 2022
Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected pro-sociality among individuals? After the onset of the pandemic, many charitable appeals were updated to include a reference to COVID-19. Did donors increase their giving in response to such changes? In order to answer these questions, we conducted a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013193272
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Does online fundraising increase charitable giving? : a nationwide field experiment on Facebook
Adena, Maja; Hager, Anselm - 2024
Does online fundraising increase charitable giving? Using the Facebook advertising tool, we implemented a natural field experiment across Germany, randomly assigning almost 8,000 postal codes to Save the Children fundraising videos or to a pure control. We studied changes in the donation revenue...
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Matching donations without crowding out? : some theoretical considerations, a field, and a lab experiment
Adena, Maja; Huck, Steffen - 2016 - (Revised March 2016)
Is there a way of matching donations that avoids crowding out? We introduce a novel matching method where the matched amount is allocated to a different project, present some simple theoretical considerations that predict reduced crowding out or more crowding in (depending on the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440422