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Funding, competition and the efficiency of NGOs: An empirical analysis of non-charitable expenditure of US NGOs engaged in foreign aid
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2010
fundraising - depend on the intensity of competition among NGOs and on the degree to which they are refinanced by governments. We …' fundraising. Official funding tends to increase administrative costs. Nevertheless, officially financed NGOs spend relatively more … on charitable activities since they are less concerned with collecting private donations through fundraising efforts. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271416
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Funding, competition and the efficiency of NGOs: An empirical analysis of noncharitable expenditure of US NGOs engaged in foreign aid
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2010
-governmental organizations (NGOs). In particular, we analyze whether noncharitable expenditures for administration, management and fundraising … competition is associated with more efficient foreign aid activities of NGOs, rather than leading to excessive fundraising … charitable activities since they are less concerned with collecting private donations through fundraising efforts. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311667
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Work, health and Covid-19: A literature review
Purkayastha, Damini; Vanroelen, Christophe; Bircan, Tuba; … - 2021
workers across sectors, it is important for OSH measures to go beyond workplace exposure to the disease and to include the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565872
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Worker characteristics, job characteristics, and opportunities for phased retirement
Hutchens, Robert M. - 2007
This paper uses a telephone survey of 950 employers to examine employer-side restrictions on phased retirement. Not only did the survey collect information on establishment level policies, it also asked questions about a specific worker's opportunity for phased retirement. The paper uses these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267942
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The returns to pencil use revisited
Spitz-Oener, Alexandra - 2007
workplace. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268287
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Does the minimum wage cause inefficient rationing?
Luttmer, Erzo F.P. - 2007
This paper investigates whether the minimum wage leads to inefficient job rationing. By not allowing wages to clear the labor market, the minimum wage could cause workers with low reservation wages to be rationed out while equally skilled workers with higher reservation wages are employed. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268484
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Do small businesses create more jobs? New evidence for the United States from the National Establishment Time Series
Neumark, David; Wall, Brandon; Zhang, Junfu - 2008
We use a new database, the National Establishment Time Series (NETS), to revisit the debate about the role of small businesses in job creation. Birch (e.g., 1987) argued that small firms are the most important source of job creation in the U.S. economy. But Davis et al. (1996a) argued that this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269285
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Preference for the workplace, investment in human capital, and gender
Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - 2016
In this paper, we use a hypothetical choice methodology to robustly estimate preferences for workplace attributes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537997
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Funding, Competition and the Efficiency of NGOs: An Empirical Analysis of Non-charitable Expenditure of US NGOs Engaged in Foreign Aid
Öhler, Hannes; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2011
-governmental organizations (NGOs). In particular, we analyze whether non-charitable expenditures for administration, management and fundraising … competition is associated with more efficient foreign aid activities of NGOs, rather than leading to excessive fundraising … charitable activities since they are less concerned with collecting private donations through fundraising efforts. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305654
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Funding, Competition and the Efficiency of NGOs: An Empirical Analysis of Non-charitable Expenditure of US NGOs Engaged in Foreign Aid
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2010
-governmental organizations (NGOs). In particular, we analyze whether non-charitable expenditures for administration, management and fundraising … competition is associated with more efficient foreign aid activities of NGOs, rather than leading to 'excessive' fundraising … charitable activities since they are less concerned with collecting private donations through fundraising efforts. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329918