Maja Adena How Is Charitable Giving Influenced by Suggestions of a Contribution-Level?
Maja Adena is a Postdoctoral Researcher in economics. She received her PhD from the Free University Berlin, where she worked as a research fellow until 2012. Ever since, Adena worked with the Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB), where she acts not only as a researcher, but also as a member of the academic council. Adena’s research interests reach from applied microeconomics to political economy and behavioural economics with a more specific interest in the economy of non-profit and charitable organisations.
Area of Research
Applied Microeconomics, Political Economy, Behavioral Economics
since 2012
2006-2012
Research Fellow
Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin)
Department of Economics
2012
Research Fellow
CenEA, Poland
2013
PhD in Economics
Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin)
Department of Economics
2006
Diploma in Economics
Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin)
Department of Economics
2005
Master in Management Science
Poznan University of Economics, Poland
- European Economic Review
- European Journal of Ageing
- Economic Journal
- Explorations in Economic History
- Journal of Economics
- Journal of Public Economics
- Management Science
- Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
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Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB)
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Faculty
Markets and Choice
"Research in this area focuses on economic decision making and its societal consequences. It examines the role of institutions and markets and studies economic learning, development and social evolution. It considers the profound interaction of psychology and economics and is often interdisciplinary in nature. Applications include the analysis of political processes, the emergence of prosocial behavior, and market design, in particular for matching problems." (Source)
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The field experiment presented in this video shows that the level of donations can be raised by suggesting a concrete contribution amount to potential donors. As MAJA ADENA explains, the effects were threefold: the average donation level rose, the different suggested amounts were respectively donated more often in the treatment groups during the experiment, and they were still more often after the experiment, when no amounts were suggested anymore.
LT Video Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.21036/LTPUB10105
Charitable Giving and Nonbinding Contribution-Level Suggestions Evidence from a Field Experiment
- Maja Adena, Steffen Huck and Imran Rasul
- Review of Behavioral Economics
- Published in 2014
