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Intergenerational analysis of the donating behavior of parents and their offspring

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  • Sarah Brown
  • Preety Srivastava
  • Karl Taylor

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Using data drawn from the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we explore the relationship between the donating behavior of parents and that of their children aged less than 18 which gives a direct insight into whether an intergenerational relationship in donating behavior exists. Furthermore, we exploit information relating to whether or not parents encourage their children to donate to charity by talking to them about donating to unveil information related to the intergenerational transmission of philanthropic behavior. Our findings suggest that an intergenerational correlation is only present in the absence of a control for whether the parent talks to the child about donating. The effect from the parent talking to their offspring is associated with an increased likelihood that the child donates by approximately 10 percentage points, a finding which is robust to a number of different estimation strategies.

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  • Sarah Brown & Preety Srivastava & Karl Taylor, 2015. "Intergenerational analysis of the donating behavior of parents and their offspring," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 82(1), pages 122-151, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:soecon:v:82:y:2015:i:1:p:122-151
    DOI: 10.4284/0038-4038-2012.166
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