Who gives for overseas development?
By: by John Micklewright, Sylke V. Schnepf
Contributors: Schnepf, Sylke Viola
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 3057; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 3057
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: Economic assistance; Charities
Description: "Individuals' donations to overseas charities are an important source of funding for development assistance from rich industrialised countries. But little is known about the nature of these charitable donations. The literature on giving focuses on total donations to all causes and does not identify separately the pattern or the determinants of giving to any particular cause. We investigate giving to overseas causes using UK survey microdata that record individuals' donations to different types of charity. We establish a picture of overseas giving, comparing this with giving to other causes. Socio-economic correlates of both types of giving are analysed, including gender, marital status, occupation, education and, especially, income. We also investigate the relationship between individuals' overseas giving and their attitudes towards poverty in developing countries"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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