Spillovers of Prosocial Motivation: Evidence from an Intervention Study on Blood Donors

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Spillovers of Prosocial Motivation: Evidence from an Intervention Study on Blood Donors
Author(s)
Bruhin A., Goette L., Haenni S., Jiang L.
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University of Lausanne - HEC - DEEP
Issued date
01/2015
Number
14.10
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Cahiers de recherches économiques
Language
english
Number of pages
51
Abstract
Spillovers of prosocial motivation can enhance the provision of public goods, and have implications for the cost-benefit analysis of policy interventions. We analyze a large-scale intervention among dyads of pre- registered blood donors. A quasi-random phone call provides the instrument for identifying endogenous and exogenous social interaction. The phone call has a strong effect on the recipient's propensity to donate. Between 40% and 44% of that behavioral impulse is transmitted within dyads due to motivational spillovers. This creates a significant social multiplier to policy interventions, with estimates ranging between 1.6 and 1.8. There is no evidence for exogenous social interaction.
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Social Interaction, Social Ties, Prosocial Motivation, Blood Donation, Bivariate Probit
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