We cover the main things which would affect the time preference rate to use, but we don’t produce explicit estimates. This is something I’d like to see the community doing over the next few years.
For an EA, another consideration is that I’d expect a movement of people who give as they earn to be more persuasive and grow faster than a movement of people who invest-to-give or borrow-to-give. I think if you’re public about your giving (and you should be!) this is a very large factor.
Ben Todd and I investigated the drivers of this in a report published earlier this year. The conclusions are summarised in a flow-chart.
We cover the main things which would affect the time preference rate to use, but we don’t produce explicit estimates. This is something I’d like to see the community doing over the next few years.
For an EA, another consideration is that I’d expect a movement of people who give as they earn to be more persuasive and grow faster than a movement of people who invest-to-give or borrow-to-give. I think if you’re public about your giving (and you should be!) this is a very large factor.
Obligatory link: To Inspire People to Give, Be Public About Your Giving