Racial group affinity and religious giving: evidence from congregation-level panel data:

Since giving to religious organizations constitutes a substantial portion of total charitable giving, an understanding of the determinants of religious giving is a vital policy concern. Drawing on a novel congregation-level panel dataset, we examine whether religious giving is driven by preferences...

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Hauptverfasser: Dimitrova-Grajzl, Valentina (VerfasserIn), Grajzl, Peter (VerfasserIn), Guse, A. Joseph (VerfasserIn), Smith, J. Taylor (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [München] Center for Economic Studies & Ifo Institute December 2014
Schriftenreihe:CESifo working paper no. 5135 : Category 13: Behavioural economics
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Zusammenfassung:Since giving to religious organizations constitutes a substantial portion of total charitable giving, an understanding of the determinants of religious giving is a vital policy concern. Drawing on a novel congregation-level panel dataset, we examine whether religious giving is driven by preferences for racial group affinity, that is, loyalty to one's own racial group. To address endogeneity concerns, we combine a fixed effects estimation framework with an instrumental variable approach. We find robust evidence consistent with the racial group affinity motive: a decrease in the percent of whites in the county is ceteris paribus associated with a decrease in the total giving receipts collected by predominantly white congregations.
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