This chapter surveys intergenerational altruism in neoclassical growth models. It first examines Barro's approach to … intergenerational altruism, whereby successive generations are linked by recursive altruistic preferences. Individuals have an … respect to their degree of intergenerational altruism. We also examine other forms of dynastic altruism consistent with Barro …

mechanisms. Firstly, in the so-called pure altruism model, the parent's utility is augmented by the utility of his child. This … transfer. In a second model, altruism is impure as the parents want the child to behave in a certain way: exchange and …. Tests usually conclude that the income pooling predicted by pure altruism is not observed, but family transfers are also far …

-evolution. In particular, we focus on the conditions under which reciprocity and altruism may survive and even spread over as social …

Altruism, giving and pro-social conduct, and reciprocity, are the basis of the existence and performance of societies … (which they sometimes also create); and in charity and specific organizations. Altruism has various origins: it can be … hedonistic or natural altruism in empathy, affection, sympathy, emotional contagion, pity, and compassion; or normative altruism …

altruism. We randomly assigned blood donors in the Croatian Institute for Transfusion Medicine to three groups with the aim to …

framing on altruism. The main methodological result is that the dictators' prosocial behaviour is sensitive to the loss frame …

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. …

, focusing on its effects on altruism using new household-level survey data and quasi-behavioral outcomes. We focus on the … strong relationship between job loss in the household and decreased altruism. We provide experimental evidence of these …