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Unofficial development assistance : a model of development charities’ donation income
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Arulampalam, Wiji, Backus, Peter G. and Micklewright, John (2015) Unofficial development assistance : a model of development charities’ donation income. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 77 (2). pp. 191-209. doi:10.1111/obes.12063 ISSN 0305-9049.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obes.12063
Abstract
The empirical literature on the determinants of charities’ donation income, distinguishing the charitable cause, is small. We consider the case of development charities specifically. Using a panel covering a quarter of a century, we observe a strong fundraising effect and a unitary household income elasticity. We find evidence that the conventionally identified ‘price’ effect may simply be the product of omitted variable bias. Our results further suggest that public spending on development crowds in private donations for development. We find a positive spillover effect of fundraising, suggesting the efforts of one development charity may increase contributions to other development charities.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Charities -- Finance, Fund raising, Government aid, Economic assistance, Developing countries -- Social conditions, Technical assistance, British -- Developing countries | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0305-9049 | ||||||||
Official Date: | April 2015 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 77 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 191-209 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/obes.12063 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 27 December 2015 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 27 December 2015 | ||||||||
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||||||
Grant number: | RES-155-25-0061 |
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