giver? We present a theoretical framework that distinguishes two types of motivation: individuals like to give, e.g., due to … altruism or warm glow, and individuals would rather not give but dislike saying no, e.g., due to social pressure. We design a … important determinant of door-to-door giving. Combining data from this and a complementary field experiment, we structurally …

This study develops theory and uses a door-to-door fundraising field experiment to explore the economics of charity. We …

. Second, we can reject the pure altruism model of giving. Third, we find that public good provision is maximized in both the …

begin by reporting results from an experiment in which we investigate how cooperation in allocation games is affected by the …

intergenerational altruism. Thus, immigrants may be self-selected on fertility. Soviet Jews who migrate to Israel despite high migration …. Selection on altruism can explain why historically immigrant-absorbing countries like the U.S. have higher fertility than other …. Selection on altruism also implies that immigrant-absorbing regions will grow faster, or have higher per capita income, or both …

attention. For their part, economists have recently explored how communication affects empathy, altruism, and giving rates to …

-good experiment. The rules differ by (1) whether an individual can receive a proportional rebate of excess contributions, a winner …