An assessment of the impact of tax incentives relative to socio-economic characteristics on charitable giving in Canada

Hossain, Belayet; Lamb, Laura

doi:10.1080/02692171.2014.945992

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“…As expected with "normal" goods, household income has a positive impact on cash donations. This result corroborates much of the literature (e.g., Auten, Sieg, & Clotfelter, 2002;Gittell & Tebaldi, 2006;Hood, Martin, & Osberg, 1977;Hossain & Lamb, 2015). A one percent increase in household income results in a 0.64 percent increase in donations in general (see Table 6).…”

Section: Prices and Incomesupporting

confidence: 81%

“…Not only do they give substantially more money to religious organizations (as fully expected) but they give more to secular ones as well: a religious individual donates 36 percent more money to secular charities than does a non-religious individual, ceteris paribus. This positive relationship between religiosity and monetary amount donated is widely documented in the literature (e.g., Hossain & Lamb, 2015;Turcotte, 2012). Table 7 shows that religious respondents are also more likely to volunteer more hours to organizations across the board when compared to others.…”

Section: The Role Of Religionmentioning

confidence: 80%

“…From Table 6, it is clear that females donate more money than males to charities across the board, although the significance level is relatively small for religious giving (as found by Hossain & Lamb, 2015). In general, females give 20 percent more than their male counterparts-the transformation (e β -1)*100 where β is the estimated coefficient is required to interpret the estimated coefficients from dummy variables because of the logarithmic specification-this percentage is even higher with religious gifts (26 %) although in that case, it is statistically weak; and female gifts to secular organizations are 27 percent more than their male counterparts.…”

Section: Demographics: Age Education Gender Marital Status and Homentioning

confidence: 93%

“…The impact of education conforms to expectations (e.g., Brown & Lankford, 1992;Gittell & Tebaldi, 2006;Hossain & Lamb, 2015;Rajan, Pink, & Dow, 2008). Total giving increases with educational level (the estimated coefficient on the dummy variable denoting a university degree [BA] is always higher than that indicating a postsecondary diploma, and both are positive relative to the high school-educated reference group).…”

Section: Demographics: Age Education Gender Marital Status and Homentioning

confidence: 95%

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Philanthropic Behaviour of Quebecers

Devlin

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2017

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Residents of Québec typically give less money and volunteer less time compared to residents of all other provinces. This article employs the most recent General Social Survey: Giving, Volunteering and Participating (2013) data set and Tobit procedures and finds that Quebeckers give less money largely because of smaller endowments of two important determinants, religiosity and household income. Once demographic and socioeconomic characteristics are controlled, Quebeckers' financial donations are comparable to those of residents of Ontario and Atlantic Canada and exceed those of residents of British Columbia. Quebeckers moreover are similar to others when it comes to volunteering for religious organizations, but they volunteer significantly less than others for secular organizations, which cannot be explained in this article. RÉSUMÉTypiquement, les résidents du Québec donnent moins d'argent et consacrent moins de temps au bénévolat que les résidents des autres provinces. Cet article, en recourant aux données provenant de la dernière « Enquête sociale générale : dons, bénévolat et participation, 2013 » et au modèle Tobit, conclut que les Québécois donnent moins d'argent en grande partie parce qu'ils ont des lacunes dans deux domaines importants, à savoir la religiosité et le revenu du ménage. Cependant, après un contrôle des caractéristiques démographiques et socioéconomiques, on constate que les dons de la part des Québécois sont au fait comparables à ceux des résidents de l'Ontario et des provinces de l'Atlantique et supérieures à ceux des résidents de la ColombieBritannique. D'autre part, les Québécois sont comparables aux résidents des autres provinces pour ce qui est du bénévolat dans les organismes religieux, mais ils font beaucoup moins de bénévolat dans les organismes séculaires, fait que cet article ne parvient pas à expliquer.

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Section: Prices and Incomesupporting

confidence: 81%

Section: The Role Of Religionmentioning

confidence: 80%

Section: Demographics: Age Education Gender Marital Status and Homentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Demographics: Age Education Gender Marital Status and Homentioning

confidence: 95%

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Philanthropic Behaviour of Quebecers

Devlin

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2017

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“…However, not everyone takes advantage of their tax credit. In a study of 2010 data from the Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, only 39 percent of those who donated more than $500 said they intended to claim the tax credit (Hossain and Lamb ). Overall, in 2013 only 23 percent of Canadians who made charitable donations claimed the tax credit on their tax returns (Curry ).…”

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confidence: 99%