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Philanthropy vs. unproductive charity. The case of Baron Maurice de Hirsch / Filantropía no asistencialista. El caso del Barón Maurice de Hirsch
Zablotsky, Edgardo E. - Universidad del CEMA - 2004
from productive society. This concept of philanthropy as opposed to charity is not new; and it is interesting to note that … enterprise. In it, we will center our attention on the views on philanthropy held by Baron de Hirsch, illustrating them by …
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The Project of the Baron de Hirsch. Success or Failure? / El proyecto del Barón de Hirsch. ¿Exito o fracaso?
Zablotsky, Edgardo - Universidad del CEMA - 2005
ENGLISH VERSION: In 1891, Baron Maurice de Hirsch founded the Jewish Colonization Association (J.C.A.), through which he would manage a gigantic social welfare project concerning the immigration of thousands of people from the Russian Empire towards Argentina, and their settlement in...
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Religiosity and state welfare
Dills, Angela K.; Hernández-Julián, Rey - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 104 (2014) C, pp. 37-51
, although this increase is insufficient to replace the decrease in Catholic-provided charity. …
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The Labour Supply Effect of Education Maintenance Allowance and its Implications for Parental Altruism
Holford, Angus J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) was a UK government cash transfer paid directly to children aged 16-18, in the first two years of post-compulsory full-time education. This paper uses the labour supply effect of EMA to infer the magnitude of the transfer response made by the parent, and so...
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Public Spending and Volunteering: "The Big Society", Crowding Out, and Volunteering Capital.
Bartels, Koen; Cozzi, Guido; Mantovan, Noemi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The current British Government's "Big Society" plan is based on the idea that granting more freedom to local communities and volunteers will compensate for a withdrawal of public agencies and spending. This idea is grounded on a widely held belief about the relationship between government and...
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Public Spending and Volunteering: "The Big Society", Crowding Out, and Volunteering Capital
Cozzi, Guido; Bartels, Koen P.R.; Mantovan, Noemi - Department of Economics and Finance, Business School - 2011
The current British Government's "Big Society" plan is based on the idea that granting more freedom to local communities and volunteers will compensate for a withdrawal of public agencies and spending. This idea is grounded on a widely held belief about the relationship between government and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294127
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Altruism and social entrepreneurship - towards a theory of non-market organizations
Chalupníček, Pavel - In: Politická ekonomie 2008 (2008) 5, pp. 643-655
activities, which can be in short termed as "altruistic". To do so, I first explain the notion of "altruism", as can be found in … this theoretical framework to the case of altruism as a "public good". …
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Not all incentives wash out the warm glow: the case of blood donation revisited
Costa-i-Font, Joan; Jofre-Bonet, Mireia; Yen, Steven T. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
The issue of the nature of the altruism inherent in blood donation and the perverse effects of financial rewards for …
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Not all Incentives Wash out the Warm Glow: The Case of Blood Donation Revisited
Font, Joan Costa; Jofre-Bonet, Mireia; Yen, Steven T. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012
The issue of the nature of the altruism inherent in blood donation and the perverse effects of financial rewards for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010612940
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Motives for Private Transfers over the Life Cycle: An Analytical Framework and Evidence for Peru
Cox, Donald; Eser, Zekeriya; Jimenez, Emmanuel - Department of Economics, Boston College - 1996
This paper tests for the motives for private income transfers. We consider two motives: altruism and exchange. The … recipient pre-transfer income, which contradicts a key prediction of the strong form of the altruism hypothesis but is …
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