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Who gives? A literature review of predictors of charitable giving. Part Two: Gender, family composition and income

Authors: Pamala Wiepking1 and René Bekkers2
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  • 1 Department of Sociology and Erasmus Centre for Strategic Philanthropy, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the , Netherlands
  • | 2 Center for Philanthropic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, the , Netherlands
Article Category:
Research Article
Copyright:
© The Policy Press 2012
Online Publication Date:
01 Jul 2012
Pages:
217–245
Publisher:
Policy Press
Volume/Issue:
Volume 3: Issue 2
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1332/204080512X649379
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This is the second of two articles in which we present a comprehensive review of the multidisciplinary academic literature on philanthropy. In this article, we identify the following predictors of charitable giving by individuals and/or households: gender, family composition and income. For each predictor, we discuss the evidence for the mechanisms that may explain why the predictor is correlated with giving. We conclude with a brief agenda for future research.

Pamala Wiepking1 and René Bekkers2
  • 1 Department of Sociology and Erasmus Centre for Strategic Philanthropy, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the , Netherlands
  • | 2 Center for Philanthropic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, the , Netherlands

wiepking@fsw.eur.nl
r.bekkers@vu.nl

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