Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
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 … givers in the two groups give the same share of their total earnings. Charities receive the same average donation from …