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Prosocial Spending and Well-Being : Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

Aknin, Lara B. - 2010

This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: human beings around the world derive …

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International Migration and Human Rights

Hanson, Gordon H. - 2010

Freedom of movement is considered a basic human right by the majority of countries of the world. As defined in practice …, largely as a result of the immense international differences in labor productivity that exist in the world today. As an …

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White Hats or Don Quixotes? Human Rights Vigilantes in the Global Economy

Elliott, Kimberly Ann - 2001

With the continuing expansion of global economic integration, labor standards in developing countries have become a hot button issue. One result has been a proliferation of efforts to use the market to put pressure directly on multinational corporations to improve wages and working conditions in...

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Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis

Alsan, Marcella - 2020

pandemic, one of the largest crises in recent history. We find four main results. First, many around the world reveal a clear …

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Science, Philanthropy, and American Leadership

Conn, Robert W.; Cowhey, Peter F.; Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Investments in the US Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Innovation (STEMI) enterprise come from many different sectors and their combined effect crucially enhances the nation's competitiveness. Philanthropy is an under-appreciated component of this ecosystem, providing $21.5 billion...

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The Impact of Counterfeit Victims in the Victim Marketplace

Ban, Mingyuan; Qian, Yi; Gong, Qiang; Aquino, Karl - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

Just and efficient allocations of charity have attracted much academic and media attention. The sources of inefficiency …. In particular, when charity resources are scarce, more strategic signallers could rush to emit false victim signals and …, resulting in misplaced charity funds and severe deadweight losses. When there is psychological utility associated with cheating …

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Faith-Based Charity and Crowd Out during the Great Depression

Gruber, Jonathan - 2005

Interest in religious organizations as providers of social services has increased dramatically in recent years. Churches in the U.S. were a crucial provider of social services through the early part of the twentieth century, but their role shrank dramatically with the expansion in government...

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Charitable Bequests and Taxes on Inheritance and Estates : Aggregate Evidence from Across States and Time

Bakija, Jon - 2003

One recurring issue in the debate over the estate tax is its impact on the non-profit sector. With the top marginal rate of federal estate tax currently at 49 percent, abolishing the tax would approximately double the price of a charitable bequest relative to an ordinary bequest for the...

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High-Capacity Donors’ Preferences for Charitable Giving

Alston, Mackenzie - 2018

How can charities solicit high-capacity donors to provide the funds for matching grants and leadership gifts? In conjunction with one of Texas A&M University's fundraising organizations, we conducted a field experiment to study whether high-income donors respond to non-personal solicitations, as...

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Locus of Control and Prosocial Behavior

Andor, Mark Andreas; Cox, James C.; Gerster, Andreas; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We investigate how locus of control beliefs - the extent to which individuals attribute control over events in their life to themselves as opposed to outside factors - affect prosocial behavior and the private provision of public goods. We begin by developing a conceptual framework showing how...

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