This study is the first to investigate charitable giving to as many as 64 different organizations, predicting what type of charitable organization receives donations from which particular people. We test hypotheses with conditional logistic regression analysis, using the Giving in the Netherlands Panel Study (Nhouseholds = 1246; Norganizations = 64). We found that providing people…

We present an overview of the academic literature on philanthropy, divided in two parts. In part one, we discuss the question of who gives how much; in part two, we discuss the question of why people give. In part one, we survey the literature on characteristics of individuals and households that are related to giving….

Literair mecenaat is een verschijnsel dat door­gaans niet met de twintigste eeuw in verband wordt ge­bracht. In vrijwel al het onderzoek naar eerdere mecenaatsperiodes wordt gesteld dat de mecenas in de loop van de achttiende eeuw is uitgestorven. De opkomst van de literaire markt en het verval van de aristocratische macht zouden hem, zo menen…