. -- charity ; earnings ; luck ; effort ; windfall …In this paper we investigate the relationship between earnings and charitable giving. We set up a real effort … want to donate a share of their earnings to a charity of their choice. We find that, despite large differences in earnings …

In this paper we investigate the relationship between earnings and charitable giving. We set up a real effort … want to donate a share of their earnings to a charity of their choice. We find that, despite large differences in earnings … experiment, in which subjects enter data in four one-hour occasions and are paid a piece rate. From the second occasion onwards …

In this paper we investigate the relationship between earnings and charitable giving. We set up a real effort … want to donate a share of their earnings to a charity of their choice. We find that, despite large differences in earnings … experiment, in which subjects enter data in four one-hour occasions and are paid a piece rate. From the second occasion onwards …

-economic analyses of SOEP data show that income has a clear influence on donation behavior. Although the richest ten percent of … households contribute 37 percent of total donations, they donate less than the poorer income groups relative to their disposable … income. Despite this, the tax benefit from charitable giving is greater for richer households than for poorer because it is …

The permanent income hypothesis states that agents perfectly smooth consumption given a large, anticipated shock to … income. Testing these implications is difficult given the endogenous nature of income and payment timing. We leverage …

sensitive to warm glow (“impure altruism”) depends on her income level. While the presence of “warm glow” feelings would seem to …