Those efforts have helped inspire the Effective Altruism (EA) movement, a worldwide network of people who have made a commitment to fight global poverty and disease. Many members of EA have pledged to ...

Why helping others can lead to a more fulfilling life Reviewed by David Susman, PhD Altruism is defined as the unselfish concern for other people—doing things simply out of a desire to help ...

Researchers have identified the basolateral amygdala (BLA) as crucial in regulating prosocial behaviour. Their study showed that individuals with BLA damage acted generously towards close friends but ...

We consider four models of consumption that differ with respect to efficient risk-sharing and altruism. They range from complete markets with altruism to family risk-sharing. We use a matched sample ...

UCL Effective Altruism exists to enable students at UCL to make a positive difference in the world, whether that's by pursuing a high-impact career that tackles a pressing global problem, or through ...

This paper uses PSID data on the extended family to test whether inter vivos transfers from parents to children are motivated by altruism. Specifically, the paper tests whether an increase by one ...