Do people give more if they are reminded of the social norm to give? Several experiments among students show that explicit reminders with texts such as “Do the right thing” lead to more cooperation in social dilemmas (Dal Bó & Dal Bó, 2014; Capraro & Vanzo, 2019). There is also evidence that moral norms in crowdfunding campaigns can lead to more giving behavior (Capraro & Vanzo, 2019; Van Teunenbroek, Bekkers &

What are the motivations and obstacles for charitable giving? Depending on the research design, there are two perspectives from which we can think about answers to this question.

If your vision of an ideal connected world is an online platform for free exchange of knowledge and reasoned debate, untainted by prejudice and hate, you will be fascinated by the demise of Twitter since October 27, 2022. On that day, the then richest man of the world, Elon Musk, took over the company for $44 billion.

A decade of meta science research on social science research has produced devastating results. While the movement towards open science is gaining momentum, awareness of the credibility crisis remains low among social scientists.

Which governance instruments can we employ to promote open science? In this post I discuss governance instruments that can encourage researchers to engage in two important practices of open science: documenting and sharing research data. The practice of documenting data makes science more transparent. Sharing data makes science more open.

How do publications in nonprofit and philanthropic studies report on the type of data they report on? What are the characteristics of samples and measurement instruments used in research? Which research designs and methods are used in the analysis of data? To what extent do publications describe the generalizability and validity of observations?

The Researchers, Academics, and Data Enthusiasts (RADE) working group of WINGS is organizing a session “Longitudinal Studies: Contributions to Understanding Giving Behaviour and the Practice of Philanthropy” on September 19th, from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm (UTC).

Het was *het* nieuws van de Dag van de Filantropie: Nederlandse miljonairs geven per jaar €1274 aan goede doelen. Het nieuws komt uit het hoofdstuk ‘Geven door huishoudens‘ van Geven in Nederland 2022, dat we op 16 juni 2022 presenteerden op een symposium aan de VU. Na afloop van de presentatie sprak ik drie heel verschillende mensen. Zij vonden het om uiteenlopende redenen een laag bedrag.

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Het lijkt te mooi om waar te zijn: help anderen met vrijwilligerswerk, en je wordt er zelf ook beter van. Het houdt je gezond en je leeft uiteindelijk langer. Zou het zo eenvoudig zijn? Er zijn steeds meer onderzoeken die suggereren dat er een kern van waarheid schuilt in het idee dat vrijwilligerswerk mensen langer gezond houdt. Veel van deze studies gebruiken alleen kleine steekproeven.

The proposal seems too good to be true: give time to help others, and benefit yourself too. Be healthier and eventually live longer. Would it be so simple? Studies actually suggest there may be some truth in the idea that helping others through volunteer work helps people stay healthy. Yet many of these studies use small samples.