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Bettendorf, L.; Dijkgraaf, E. - 2008

influence of religion on income. The violation of the homogeneity assumption would have two consequences. First, results based … countries. We estimate simultaneously an income and a religion equation to correct for the endogeneity of religiosity. We find … that estimation outcomes are different between low and high-income countries. Whereas church membership is found to have a …

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Health and Inequality

O'Donnell, Owen; Doorslaer, Eddy Van; Ourti, Tom Van - 2013

We examine the relationship between income and health with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the … distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence … supports a significant and substantial impact of ill-health on income mainly operating through employment, although it is …

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A Commercial Gift for Charity

Soetevent, Adriaan R.; Bao, Te; Schippers, Anouk L. - 2016

Commercial firms are increasingly tying the sales of their products with donations to a charitable cause. Apart from a charitable motive, offering these charity-linked bundles could be a strategic instrument for firms to increase profits. We report the results of an experiment that investigates...

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Crowdfunding public goods: An experiment

Ansink, Erik; Koetse, Mark; Bouma, Jetske; Hauck, Dominic; … - 2017

We assess the impact of different crowdfunding designs on the success of crowdfunded public goods using a lab-in-the-field experiment. Our design treatments aim to increase the efficiency of crowdfunding campaigns by raising aggregate contributions and decreasing possible coordination problems...

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Persuasion, justification and the communication of social impact

Förster, Manuel; van der Weele, Joël J. - 2018

We experimentally investigate strategic communication about the impact of prosocial actions, which is central to policy debates about foreign aid or the environment. In our experiment, a “sender” receives an informative but noisy signal about the impact of a charitable donation. She then...

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Serving the Public Interest in Several Ways: Theory and Empirics

Dur, Robert; van Lent, Max - 2016

We develop a model where people differ in their altruistic preferences and can serve the public interest in two ways: by making donations to charity and by taking a public service job and exerting effort on the job. Our theory predicts that people who are more altruistic are more likely to take...

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That's Just - Not Fair: Gender Differences in Notions of Justice

Becker, Nicole; Häger, Kirsten; Heufer, Jan - 2015

In Becker et al. (2013a,b), we proposed a theory to explain giving behaviour in dictator experiments by a combination of selfishness and a notion of justice. The theory was tested using dictator, social planner, and veil of ignorance experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences...

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The Sustainability of the Pay-as-you-go System with Falling Birth Rates

van Praag, Bernard M.S.; Cardoso, Pedro - 2002

will result in a reduction of average welfare and an increase in the income inequality between workers and retired people/individuals. …

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Dedicated Doctors: Public and Private Provision of Health Care with Altruistic Physicians

Delfgaauw, Josse - 2007

Physicians are supposed to serve patients' interests, but some are more inclined to do so than others. This paper studies how the system of health care provision affects the allocation of patients to physicians when physicians differ in altruism. We show that allowing for private provision of...

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Compensatory Inter Vivos Gifts

Hochguertel, Stefan; Ohlsson, Henry - 2007

Applied Econometrics, 24(6), 993-1023.Parents’ transfer motives are important for understanding, e.g., macroeconomics, income …

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