Working Paper: NBER ID: w27076
Authors: Jonathan Meer; Benjamin A. Priday
Abstract: Despite widespread interest, there is little systematic evidence on the relationship between income, wealth, and charitable giving. We use the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to provide descriptive statistics on this relationship. We find that, irrespective of specification, donative behavior increases with greater resources.
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JEL Codes: D31; D64; H41
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| income or wealth (D31) | charitable giving (D64) |