Does income inequality increase charitable giving?
研究了1991-2006年间加拿大社区和市镇层面的收入不平等变化如何影响家庭慈善捐赠，发现不平等加剧会提高捐赠，但效果受高低收入家庭地理分布影响。
Abstract Do households react to changes in the distribution of income in their localities by changing their charitable giving? The theoretical prediction of the effects of income inequality on giving is unclear. We study how changes in income inequality measured at the neighbourhood and municipality levels affect charitable giving by households in Canada between 1991 and 2006. We find that increases in inequality increase giving. Results are sensitive to the geographic dispersion of low‐ and high‐income households in neighbourhoods within a municipality. The effect on donations is smaller in areas with high levels of inequality at both neighbourhood and municipality levels.