Time is Money: Choosing between Charitable Activities

Feldman, Naomi E.

doi:10.1257/pol.2.1.103

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“…15 Again, this estimate is comparable with the estimates from other sources of charitable giving data. 16 In the COPPS, there exists a fairly broad distribution of the frequency of attendance at religious services ranging from no attendance to few people reporting attendance every day. On average, people reported attending at a religious service 2.5 times a month.…”

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“…15 The average tax subsidy is simply calculated as one minus the after-tax price of giving. 16 Gruber (2004) reports that the average tax subsidy to charitable giving, factoring in the odds of itemization by income is 9.4% in the CEX, and 10% in the GSS. I estimate that the average subsidy in the 2001 edition of the SGV is 11.2%.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…See, for example, Menchik and Weisbrod (1987), Brown and Lankford (1992), Andreoni, Gale, and Scholz (1996), and Feldman (2010). 4 According to the most recent estimate of National Center of Charitable Statistics at Urban Institute, religious organizations received the largest share, with 34.7% of total estimated contributions 5 Chaves and Stephens (2001) argue that church attendance rates are typically inflated in surveys.…”

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The Impact of Charitable Subsidies on Religious Giving and Attendance: Evidence from Panel Data

Yörük

2013

The Review of Economics and Statistics

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In the United States, charitable contributions can be deducted from taxable income making the price of giving inversely related to the marginal tax rate. The existing literature documents that charitable giving is very responsive to tax subsidies, but often ignores the spillover effects of such policies. This paper investigates the spillover effects of charitable subsidies on religious participation using a newly available individual-level panel data. Understanding these spillover effects may be quite important, given the existing literature that links religiosity to several economically important social behaviors. The results show that religious giving and participation are complements. Increasing the price of religious giving decreases not only religious contributions but also religious attendance. The implied cross-price elasticity of religious participation with respect to the after-tax price of giving is −0.27. Furthermore, a 1% increase in the amount of religious contributions is associated with a 0.4% increase in religious attendance. These results are robust under several different specifications and highlight the positive externalities created by charitable subsidies. They also have important implications for testing the validity of existing economic models of religious participation and giving.

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Section: Charitable Subsidies and Religiositymentioning

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The Impact of Charitable Subsidies on Religious Giving and Attendance: Evidence from Panel Data

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2013

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“…These kinds of programs are also popular with adolescents because the events require more time engagement than direct monetary engagement on the part of the participant. Feldman demonstrated that donations of time and money are interchangeable, and adolescents are more likely to have excess time than money available for charity [14]. From a positive youth development perspective [15], adolescents' participation in these sporting events are likely major developmental assets in terms of their ability to promote positive developmental outcomes.…”

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Charitable Sporting Events as a Context for Building Adolescent Generosity: Examining the Role of Religiousness and Spirituality

2016

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Abstract:Previous research demonstrates an association between religiousness, spirituality, and generosity in adolescents, but few studies have tested the mechanisms by which religion might facilitate the development of generosity in real-world contexts. In this paper, a theoretical model is presented describing the potential mechanisms by which engagement in transformational contexts (i.e., participating in charity marathon training) may lead to the development of generosity in adolescents. Participation in charity sporting events is theorized to increase generosity through both higher-order mechanisms, such as sanctification and the development of transcendent identity, and lower-order mechanisms, such as increased entitativity, positive emotions, and dissonance reduction. An empirical strategy for testing the model is presented; suggested methods for inquiry are longitudinal mixed method designs incorporating observations, questionnaires, and qualitative interviewing. Additionally, a case study of ongoing research on adolescents running with Team World Vision is described as an application of the model to an actual research context.

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“…Third, charitable monetary donations could be introduced. Money and time donations may be either substitutes or complements, implying that tax relief on time donations could affect monetary donations as well (see Brown and Lankford (1992), Duncan (1999), Andreoni, Gale, Scholz and Straub (2004) and Feldman (2010)). Fourth, a more explicit household decision making model could be formulated, rather than treating male labor supply as exogenous.…”

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Does it Pay for Women to Volunteer?

Sauer

2012

SSRN Journal

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Time is Money: Choosing between Charitable Activities

Cited by 80 publications

References 25 publications

The Impact of Charitable Subsidies on Religious Giving and Attendance: Evidence from Panel Data

The Impact of Charitable Subsidies on Religious Giving and Attendance: Evidence from Panel Data

Charitable Sporting Events as a Context for Building Adolescent Generosity: Examining the Role of Religiousness and Spirituality

Does it Pay for Women to Volunteer?

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