The Great Recession and Charitable Giving
Working Paper 22902
DOI 10.3386/w22902
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We examine the impact of the Great Recession on charitable giving. We find sharp declines in overall donative behavior that is not accounted for by shocks to income or wealth. These results suggest that overall attitudes towards giving changed over this time period.
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Copy CitationJonathan Meer, David H. Miller, and Elisa Wulfsberg, "The Great Recession and Charitable Giving," NBER Working Paper 22902 (2016), https://doi.org/10.3386/w22902.Download Citation
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Jonathan Meer & David Miller & Elisa Wulfsberg, 2017. "The Great Recession and charitable giving," Applied Economics Letters, vol 24(21), pages 1542-1549. citation courtesy of 
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