Generosity Across the Income and Wealth Distributions

Jonathan Meer and Benjamin A. Priday

No 27076, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

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.

JEL-codes: D31 D64 H41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-05
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Published as 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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