motivated by altruism. Specifically, the paper tests whether an increase by one dollar in the income of parents actively making … standard altruism model augmented to include uncertain and liquidity constraints. These additional elements pin down the timing … heterogeneity across families in the degree of altruism. The findings strongly reject the altruism hypothesis. Redistributing one …

We report the results of an online experiment studying preferences for giving and preferences for group …

To understand the "pure" incentives of altruism, economic laboratory research on humans almost always forbids … communication between subjects. In reality, however, altruism usually requires interaction between givers and receivers, which … altruism are built on human sociality. We experimentally examine communication in which one subject allocates $10 between …

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 …

We present a dictator game experiment where the recipients are local charities that serve the poor. Donors consist of … respondents an audiovisual presentation about the recipients. The experiment yields three main findings. First, we find …

intervention, a voucher program, affected students' altruism. The voucher program used a lottery to allocate scholarships among low … experimental economic methods, we measure the effects of the intervention on children's altruism. We also measure the voucher … program's effects on parents' altruism and several academic outcomes including test scores. We find that the educational …

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