People are more likely to give when certain markers of “effectiveness” are satisfied (e.g. you tell them exactly how the money will be spent, you tell them the charity is relatively low-overhead, you tell them how much progress you’ve made toward solving a problem).
“More likely to give” =/= “more happy after giving”, but it does seem to represent something like “anticipates being happier after giving” (that’s a reasonable interpretation for why people do almost anything with money).
These claims come from what I remember about writing a thesis on giving behavior. The relevant material starts on p. 59, items (1), (4), and (6), though I’m synthesizing a broader base of evidence here (plus a bit of intuition from my experiences talking about EA with people outside the community).
People are more likely to give when certain markers of “effectiveness” are satisfied (e.g. you tell them exactly how the money will be spent, you tell them the charity is relatively low-overhead, you tell them how much progress you’ve made toward solving a problem).
“More likely to give” =/= “more happy after giving”, but it does seem to represent something like “anticipates being happier after giving” (that’s a reasonable interpretation for why people do almost anything with money).
These claims come from what I remember about writing a thesis on giving behavior. The relevant material starts on p. 59, items (1), (4), and (6), though I’m synthesizing a broader base of evidence here (plus a bit of intuition from my experiences talking about EA with people outside the community).