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 …

Previous research addressing the relation between income and donations as a proportion of
income has revealed predominantly inconsistent results. In this article, we argue that this …

While the literature is replete with studies that identify factors explaining why people are
likely to make monetary contributions, less is known about which particular charitable …

This study examines social networks and financial giving to charitable or religious causes.
Conventional social capital measures of general social trust and size of social network are …

The impact of social capital on philanthropy has been studied extensively, but existing
research fails to measure social capital consistently and completely. Using a representative …

International aid has seen a trend towards decentralization and voluntary action in the last
two decades. Relief and development non-governmental organizations (NGOs) registered …

In this chapter, we examine participation rate and time use trends in volunteering in
Scandinavia during the period from the beginning of the 1990s until the mid-2010s. The aim …

The legal profession claims a duty of public service that calls on lawyers to volunteer their
time through “pro bono” work (ie, free legal service). And increasingly law firms strongly …

We use data from the first wave of the Panel Study on American Religion and Ethnicity to
estimate a multivariate sample selection model of charitable giving of time and money …

During the last 20–30 years Western societies have witnessed large scale migration from
the Global South. This has given rise to important challenges in securing the social, civic …