This paper explores cross-country variations in charitable giving and investigates the association of welfare state policies with private philanthropy.
Hypotheses are drawn from crowding-out theory and considerations about the influence of a country's mixed economy of welfare. We add to the on-going discussion
concerning the crowding-out hypothesis with empirical evidence by looking at specific charitable subsectors people donate to across countries. Using Eurobarometer
survey data that include 23 countries, we find no evidence for a crowding-out effect, but rather a crosswise crowding-in effect of private donations.
Moreover, giving behaviour differs between non-profit regimes.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VIENNA/oai:epub.wu-wien.ac.at:5090 |
Date | 04 1900 |
Creators | Pennerstorfer, Astrid, Neumayr, Michaela |
Publisher | Springer |
Source Sets | Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Article, PeerReviewed |
Format | application/pdf |
Rights | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
Relation | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11266-016-9739-7, http://www.springeropen.com/, http://epub.wu.ac.at/5090/ |
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