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Incentives and the Design of Charitable Fundraisers : Lessons from a Field Experiment
Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - 2015
inform fundraising choices …
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Non-Profit Organizations in a Bureaucratic Environment
Grout, Paul A.; Schnedler, Wendelin - 2021
How does the environment of an organization influence whether workers voluntarily provide effort? We study the power relationship between a non-profit unit (e.g. university department, NGO, health trust), where workers care about the result of their work, and a bureaucrat, who supplies some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324984
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Marketmaking Middlemen
Gautier, Pieter A. - 2016
This paper develops a model in which market structure is determined endogenously by the choice of intermediation mode …. We consider two representative business modes of intermediation that are widely used in real-life markets: one is a … our model, buyers and sellers can simultaneously search in an outside market and use the intermediation service. We show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984835
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English Skills and Early Labour Market Integration of Humanitarian Migrants
Cheng, Zhiming - 2020
We use the panel data from the Building a New Life in Australia survey to examine the relationships between proficiency in English and labour market outcomes among humanitarian migrants. Having better general or speaking skills in English is certainly associated with a higher propensity for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822460
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Voter Reaction to Government Incompetence and Corruption Related to the 1999 Earthquakes in Turkey
Akarca, Ali - 2015
Two major earthquakes which struck northwestern Turkey in 1999 exposed rampant corruption involving construction and zoning code violations. The government's relief efforts were tainted by corruption as well, and exhibited a great deal of incompetence. How voters responded to these in the next...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016334
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What Methods May Be Used in Impact Evaluations of Humanitarian Assistance?
Puri, Jyotsna - 2015
Despite the widespread occurrence of humanitarian emergencies such as epidemics, earthquakes, droughts, floods and violent conflict and despite the significant financial resources devoted to humanitarian assistance, systematic learning from such interventions using rigorous theory-based impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013029648
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Charitable Giving for Overseas Development : UK Trends Over a Quarter Century
Backus, Peter; Micklewright, John; Pharoah, Cathy; … - 2021
Charitable giving for overseas development and emergency relief is important in the UK, being about a quarter of the size of government development aid. There has been a strong growth over time, reflecting the activities of development charities and the public response to a series of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324743
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Intrinsic Motivations and the Non-Profit Health Sector : Evidence from Ethiopia
Serra, Danila - 2015
with matching missions enhances organizational efficiency. We test Besley and Ghatak's model using data from a unique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039127
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Middlemen, Non-Profits, and Poverty
Chau, Nancy H. - 2015
In many markets in developing countries, especially in remote areas, middlemen are thought to earn excessive profits. Non-profits come in to counter what is seen as middlemen's market power, and rich country consumers pay a "fair-trade" premium for products marketed by such non-profits. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039292
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Is Compassion a Good Career Move? : Nonprofit Earnings Differentials from Job Changes
Johnston, Andrew C. - 2020
We explore the nonprofit earnings penalty. To separate the influence of demand and supply, we leverage workers who change employers in administrative tax data. The average nonprofit worker earns 5.5 percent less than the average for-profit worker. Supply-side factors (worker selection)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838488