Heterogeneity and Giving: Evidence From U.S. Households Before and After the Great Recession of 2008

Osili, Una; Clark, Chelsea; Han, Xiao

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“…For instance, in 2009, individual donations amounted to 74% of the total, whereas in 2019, they only amounted to 69% of the total. Moreover, the number of people who give to charity annually has significantly decreased over the past years (Osili, Clark and Han, 2019). Taken together, these findings underscore the importance of identifying mechanisms that can reverse these worrying trends and increase not only the amount of donations but also the number of donors (Laffan and Dolan, 2020).…”

Section: Introduction: Individuals and Charitable Givingmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Three current challenges make discussion of these issues very topical. First, there is a documented stagnation of giving and a decline in the number of givers in countries such as the United States (Osili et al, 2019) and United Kingdom (Charities Aid Foundation, 2012). The share of Americans who do not give has been rising in recent years, with an accelerated trend following the 2008 financial crisis.…”

Section: James Andreoni and Sarah Smithmentioning

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The Routledge Handbook of Taxation and Philanthropy

Peter¹,

Lideikyte-Huber²

2021

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The Routledge Handbook of Taxation and Philanthropy ventures into a territory that is still widely unexplored. It contains 30 academic contributions that aim to provide a better understanding of whether, why, and how philanthropic initiatives, understood as voluntary contributions for the common good, can and should be fostered by states through tax incentives. The topic has been addressed from a multidisciplinary and multicultural perspective -covering neuroeconomics, sociology, political science, psychology, affective sciences, philosophy, behavioral economy, and law -because of its global and multifaceted nature. It also contains the OECD report on Taxation and Philanthropy released in November 2020, which was prepared in this context as a result of a collaboration with the Geneva Centre for Philanthropy of the University of Geneva.The book is divided into four sections, exploring, respectively, the justification of tax incentives for philanthropy, theoretical and empirical insights about taxes, efficiency and donor behavior in that context, and tax incentives for cross-border philanthropy and for hybrid entities and social entrepreneurship. It is believed that this volume will be a landmark yet only the beginning of a journey in which a lot remains to be studied, learned, and said.

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Section: Introduction: Individuals and Charitable Givingmentioning

confidence: 89%

Section: James Andreoni and Sarah Smithmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Routledge Handbook of Taxation and Philanthropy

Peter¹,

Lideikyte-Huber²

2021

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“…From a conceptual standpoint, our current understanding of donors is based on the best evidence we have available typically measuring "formal" giving directly to charities, as detailed below in the "Demographics and Giving" section. Evidence of who gives at the POS may help us broaden or refine our ideas of who is generous in the United States and how they engage in charitable giving (Osili et al, 2019).…”

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Who Will Spare a Dime? Impulse Giving Decisions at the Checkout

Dula,

Hansen

2024

J. Public Nonprof Aff.

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Campaigns asking for donations at the checkout of retail stores through rounding-up, donating an amount, or purchasing a token are becoming ubiquitous. The concept of “checkout charity” is really one of impulse giving, i.e., a prosocial activity done under time constraints. Industry reports inform us how much money the corporate campaigns are generating, but we have yet to develop a philanthropic profile of an “impulse giver” or compare them with traditional donors. Using the social heuristics hypothesis, this research helps us to better understand impulse giving and the individuals who engage in it. Women, the middle class, and those who are married or divorced were all more likely to give at the register. In contrast with formal giving, education levels had little relation to giving, and those approaching and over 50 years old were less likely to give. Familiarity with the charity and being Black or African-American correlate with greater amounts donated.

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“…The decline in average gifts by the bulk of the distribution is significantly due to the increasing share of Americans who give nothing or nearly nothing. The share of Americans who do not give has been rising in recent years, with an accelerated trend following the 2008 financial crisis (Meer et al, 2017;Osili et al, 2019).…”

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The Evolving Distribution of Giving in the United States

Duquette

2020

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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I compute the share of U.S. household giving accounted for by the American tax units donating the largest amounts over the 1960–2012 period from repeated cross-sectional samples of federal income tax returns. The share of donations accounted for by a minority of top donors rose sharply over this period. Donor concentration has risen both because the largest gifts have grown larger and because more households give little or nothing in any given year.

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Heterogeneity and Giving: Evidence From U.S. Households Before and After the Great Recession of 2008

Cited by 9 publications

References 21 publications

The Routledge Handbook of Taxation and Philanthropy

The Routledge Handbook of Taxation and Philanthropy

Who Will Spare a Dime? Impulse Giving Decisions at the Checkout

The Evolving Distribution of Giving in the United States

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