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• TITLE: Effects of Charity on Social Welfare: a Theoretical Analysis

  AUTHORS: Madhu S. Mohanty

  KEYWORDS: Social Wefare Function, Charity, Selfless Giving, Pareto Improvement

  JOURNAL NAME: Sociology Mind, Vol.1 No.2, April 18, 2011

  ABSTRACT: Using a social welfare function approach, this study theoretically demonstrates that charity and selfless service contribute positively to the welfare of the society without reducing welfare of any individual and thus they invariably lead to Pareto-improvement in social welfare. In other words, a society, regardless of its current level of development, can attain a higher level of subjective wellbeing if the affluent class voluntarily undertakes the service activities that benefit the needy.