Do incentives actually encourage prosocial behavior?

Do incentives actually encourage prosocial behavior?

Classical economic theory has posited offering incentives – through monetary or nonmonetary extrinsic rewards – is a promising strategy to encourage prosocial behavior. However, results from empirical research on the effect of incentives on prosocial...

Inequality and Civic Engagement

How does inequality affect individuals’ civic engagement? Though a growing body of multidisciplinary literature has started to address this question, empirical results vary considerably and explanations about what underlies this relationship remain fragmentary. In...

Philanthropy research in one minute by Arjen de Wit

Arjen de Wit was recently nominated for the Research Award by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In this one-minute video, he briefly introduces his research on the interactions between philanthropy and the welfare state. Currently,...