Generosity Across the Income and Wealth Distributions
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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Copy CitationJonathan Meer and Benjamin A. Priday, "Generosity Across the Income and Wealth Distributions," NBER Working Paper 27076 (2020), https://doi.org/10.3386/w27076.
Published Versions
Jonathan Meer & Benjamin A. Priday, 2021. "Generosity Across the Income and Wealth Distributions," National Tax Journal, vol 74(3), pages 655-687.
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