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Hey Look at Me: The Effect of Giving Circles on Giving

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Hey Look at Me: The Effect of Giving Circles on Giving
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IR4SBY
 
Creator Karlan, Dean
McConnell, Margaret A.
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description We conduct a randomized field experiment with a Yale service club and find that the promise of public recognition increases giving. Some may claim that they give when offered public recognition in order to motivate others to give too, rather than for the more obvious expected private gain from increasing one's social standing. To tease apart these two theories, we also conduct a laboratory experiment with undergraduates. We find that patterns of giving are more consistent with a desire to improve social image than a purely altruistic desire to motivate others' contributions. We discuss the external validity of our lab findings for other settings.
 
Subject Social Sciences
Prosocial behavior
Experiments
Voluntary contributions
Social image
 
Contributor Research Transparency, Data Ethics, and Governance, Innovations for Poverty Action
 
Type Experimental data from both a natural field experiment and lab experiment