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Incentives and prosocial behavior
Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - 2005
We develop a theory of prosocial behavior that combines heterogeneity in individual altruism and greed with concerns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267545
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Individual and corporate social responsibility
Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - 2009
prosocial behavior to shed light on this trend, which reflects a complex interplay of genuine altruism, social or self image …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269689
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Does It Pay to Work for Free? Wage Returns and Gender Differences in the Market for Volunteers
Cozzi, Guido; Mantovan, Noemi; Sauer, Robert M. - 2013
Working as a volunteer is a widespread phenomenon that has both individual and societal benefits. In this paper, we identify the wage returns to working for free by exploiting exogenous variation in rainfall across local area districts in England, Scotland and Wales. Instrumental variables...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329003
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The Shape of Warm Glow: Field Experimental Evidence from a Fundraiser
Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - 2018
Theory commonly posits agents who care both for the level of provision of a public good and the extent to which they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931725
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A Behaviorally-Validated Warm Glow Questionnaire
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Lyford, Alex; Zhang, Mingfang - 2023
incentive compatible, is costly and time consuming, making it infeasible in many settings. We combine standard altruism and warm … altruism and provide an alternative method for collecting warm glow preferences. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377108
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The Price of Warm Glow
Lilley, Andrew; Slonim, Robert - 2013
. In the model agents receive heterogeneous utility from pure and impure altruism (Andreoni 1989) that permits warm glow to … vary between monetary donations and volunteering, thus allowing preferences for impure altruism to rationalize inefficient … allocation decisions. We define a measure of the price of impure altruism as the additional proportion of income sacrificed by a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319510
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Removing financial barriers to organ and bone marrow donation: The effect of leave and tax legislation in the US
Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario; Stith, Sarah S. - 2012
In an attempt to alleviate the shortfall in organs and bone marrow available for transplants, many U.S. states passed legislation providing leave to organ and bone marrow donors and/or tax benefits for live and deceased organ and bone marrow donations and to employers of donors. We exploit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287708
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Does It Pay to Work for Free? Wage Returns and Gender Differences in the Market for Volunteers
Cozzi, Guido; Mantovan, Noemi; Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Working as a volunteer is a widespread phenomenon that has both individual and societal benefits. In this paper, we identify the wage returns to working for free by exploiting exogenous variation in rainfall across local area districts in England, Scotland and Wales. Instrumental variables...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884078
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The Price of Warm Glow
Lilley, Andrew; Slonim, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
. In the model agents receive heterogeneous utility from pure and impure altruism (Andreoni 1989) that permits warm glow to … vary between monetary donations and volunteering, thus allowing preferences for impure altruism to rationalize inefficient … allocation decisions. We define a measure of the price of impure altruism as the additional proportion of income sacrificed by a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959559
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Removing Financial Barriers to Organ and Bone Marrow Donation: The Effect of Leave and Tax Legislation in the U.S.
Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario; Stith, Sarah S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In an attempt to alleviate the shortfall in organs and bone marrow available for transplants, many U.S. states passed legislation providing leave to organ and bone marrow donors and/or tax benefits for live and deceased organ and bone marrow donations and to employers of donors. We exploit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010729165