connection between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these …

In 2015, 15% of all children in China were left behind in the countryside because at least one of their parents …. Furthermore, the analysis shows that the incidence of overweight declines gradually since their parents' first migration and …

between social group size and fundraising outcomes: (i) a positive relationship between group size and the total number of …

Much fundraising is done by individuals within existing social groups. Exploiting a unique dataset, we demonstrate (i …

want to donate a share of their earnings to a charity of their choice. We find that, despite large differences in earnings …

causal machine-learning approach to increase a charity's fundraising effectiveness. The approach optimally targets …Ineffective fundraising lowers the resources charities can use for goods provision. We combine a field experiment and a … fundraising to individuals whose expected donations exceed solicitation costs. Among past donors, optimal targeting substantially …

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 … substitution and measurement issues. We found that (i) video fundraising increased donation revenue and frequency to Save the …