Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/36076 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4424
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using household-level data, we explore the relationship between donations to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster and other charitable donations. The empirical evidence suggests that donations specifically for the victims of the tsunami are positively associated with the amount previously donated to other charitable causes, which accords with complementary rather than substitution effects. This relationship exists when we decompose overall charitable donations into different types of philanthropy, with charitable contributions to caring, needy and religious organizations having the largest positive association with donations to the victims of the tsunami. When we explore the impact of donations to the victims of the tsunami on future donations to charity, however, our findings suggest an inverse relationship with the largest inverse association with donations to needy and caring organizations.
Subjects: 
Charity
donations
system tobit
tobit
JEL: 
D19
H24
H41
H31
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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