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Evidence of links between prosocial motivation, giving behaviours and welfare

In: Giving Behaviours and Social Cohesion

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Evidence for the links between ‘giving’ and ‘welfare’ is presented using British databases. Welfare indicators include personal life-satisfaction and income, but also some more communal indicators of welfare, which include trust in neighbours, local crime statistics and community deprivation. People who give (that is, people who are part of prosocial networks) are associated with more desirable outcomes both personally and within their community. Although income generation remains of importance (money pays for the things that improve life), giving behaviours are found to shed light on an aspect of welfare that monetary indicators do not necessarily capture. The chapter goes on to discuss which aspects of giving are most important to measure, and also how different giving behaviours can be aggregated onto a single scale.

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  • ., 2019. "Evidence of links between prosocial motivation, giving behaviours and welfare," Chapters, in: Giving Behaviours and Social Cohesion, chapter 4, pages 64-114, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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