Ganz and Brill analyzed google searches that included terms suggesting an interest in donating to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. They found that public interest in donating to relief efforts spiked in the days immediately following the storm. They also looked at interest in donating to hurricane relief by state and concluded that, “states with higher median household incomes were more likely to donate” and that “states with a higher proportion of elderly people and a population that is generally more religiously observant were more likely to give.”

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