Prior work has demonstrated that prosocial incentives - where individuals' effort benefits a charitable organization … - can be more effective than standard incentives, particularly when the stakes are low. Yet, little is known about the … effectiveness of prosocial incentives on people's decisions to participate or opt-in to the incentivized activity in the first place …

The issue of the nature of the altruism inherent in blood donation and the perverse effects of financial rewards for …) famously pointed out, providing monetary incentives to blood donors may crowd out blood supply as purely altruistic donors may … types of incentives are related to the likelihood of donating blood by exploiting a large sample representative of 15 …

incentivizing pro-social behavior. -- Incentives ; altruism ; public good provision ; pro-social behavior ; public health …

frequency of donations. -- Incentives ; awards ; public good provision ; pro-social behavior ; public health ; social prestige …

. Implications for research and public policy are discussed. -- Incentives ; altruism ; public good provision ; pro-social behavior …

overestimated. -- Incentives ; altruism ; public good provision ; pro-social behavior ; public health …We examine how economic incentives affect pro-social behavior through the analysis of a unique dataset with information … incentives in a "standard" way; offering donors economic incentives significantly increases turnout and blood units collected …

donation, non-monetary rewards do not. -- altruism ; blood donation ; incentives ; nudging ; recursive system ; warm glow …The issue of the nature of the altruism inherent in blood donation and the perverse effects of financial rewards for …) famously pointed out, providing monetary incentives to blood donors may crowd out blood supply as purely altruistic donors may …