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Charitable giving and income : households with high income donate less than poorer households relative to their disposable income
Schulz-Sandhof, Karsten; Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 12 (2022) 45/46, pp. 283-292
-economic analyses of SOEP data show that income has a clear influence on donation behavior. Although the richest ten percent of … households contribute 37 percent of total donations, they donate less than the poorer income groups relative to their disposable … income. Despite this, the tax benefit from charitable giving is greater for richer households than for poorer because it is …
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Chapter 1 Introduction to the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity
Kolm, Serge-Christophe - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1-122). 2006
Altruism, giving and pro-social conduct, and reciprocity, are the basis of the existence and performance of societies, through their various occurrences: in families; among the diverse motives of the political and public sector; as the general respect and moral conduct which permit life in...
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Sensitivity of charitable giving to realized income changes: evidence from military bonuses and the combined federal campaign
Wojtaszek, Carl J.; Kofoed, Michael S. - 2021
The permanent income hypothesis states that agents perfectly smooth consumption given a large, anticipated shock to … income. Testing these implications is difficult given the endogenous nature of income and payment timing. We leverage …
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Altruistic and selfish motivations of charitable giving : case of the hometown tax donation system in Japan
Yamamura, Eiji; Tsutsui, Yoshirō; Ōtake, Fumio - 2017
deducted from their income and residence taxes. This study examined altruistic and selfish motivations in donating money to …
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Altruistic and Selfish Motivations of Charitable Giving : Case of the Hometown Tax Donation System
Yamamura, Eiji - 2017
deducted from their income and residence taxes. This study examined altruistic and selfish motivations in donating money to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956366
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Charitable giving, social capital and positional concerns
Antinyan, Armenak; Baghdasaryan, Vardan; Grigoryan, … - 2021
, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Our analysis proceeds in two phases. First, controlling for absolute income and other individual and …
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Sharing one's fortune? : an experimental study on earned income and giving
Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2013
In this paper we investigate the relationship between earnings and charitable giving. We set up a real effort experiment, in which subjects enter data in four one-hour occasions and are paid a piece rate. From the second occasion onwards, we randomly assign half of the subjects to a treatment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010210709
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Sharing one's fortune? : an experimental study on earned income and giving
Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2013
In this paper we investigate the relationship between earnings and charitable giving. We set up a real effort experiment, in which subjects enter data in four one-hour occasions and are paid a piece rate. From the second occasion onwards, we randomly assign half of the subjects to a treatment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721307
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Earning to Give : Occupational Choice for Effective Altruists
Morduch, Jonathan - 2018
sensitive to warm glow (“impure altruism”) depends on her income level. While the presence of “warm glow” feelings would seem to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920065
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Charitable bequests and wealth at death
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Backus, Peter; Micklewright, John - 2012
Charitable bequests are a major source of income for charities but surprisingly little is known about them. The aim of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009668307