Discussing the intriguing relation between unemployment and giving practices. Issue 1 (26th June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mourao, Paulo Reis
• Is Part Of: International journal of nonprofit and voluntary sector marketing. Volume 25:Issue 1(2020)
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• Publication Date: 2019-06-26
• Subjects: Nonprofit organizations -- Marketing -- Periodicals; Marketing -- Periodicals; 658.0480688
• DOI: 10.1002/nvsm.1646
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1465-4520

Abstract

Abstract : This research attempts to provide responses to the question "Does unemployment make people less likely to give?" by developing a theoretical model based on consumer choice and labor supply and using data from the World Giving Index, collected for 153 countries from 2010 to 2015. The results from panel data and from ordered probit estimations revealed that countries with higher unemployment rates (especially male and female youth unemployment) are associated with values related to a less generous profile on the part of respondents. Our results were obtained while controlling for a convenient set of variables, and the estimated coefficients generated an extension of this discussion toward the models of welfare states and the giving practices worldwide.