Does Charity Begin at Home or Overseas?

Knowles, Stephen; Sullivan, Trudy

doi:10.1177/0899764017703710

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“…The relationship between various demographic factors and charitable giving have been widely investigated (Bekkers andWiepking 2011b, Knowles andSullivan 2017;Lwin et al 2014). Whilst the aim of this paper was not specifically to these demographic factors, our data did indicate some statistically significant relationships; younger age groups, women and respondents from Northern Ireland reported higher levels of charitable cosmopolitanism.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…In their recent assessment of charitable giving, Knowles and Sullivan (2017) provide a candid assessment of the challenges presented in ensuring a voluntary, random sample is representative of its parent population and is sufficiently large in absolute terms. The data generated in this study by means of quota sampling are arguably more representative to its setting than that generated by the Knowles and Sullivan (2017) research based in New Zealand.…”

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confidence: 96%

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Does Charity Begin at Home? National Identity and Donating to Domestic Versus International Charities

Hart

Robson

2019

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Despite the increased social significance currently attached to national identity, little is known about how national group attachment may correlate with the decision to donate to domestic versus international charities. The current study brings together literature on national identity and charitable giving to empirically validate a model of charitable ethnocentrism and cosmopolitanism. The substantive study is based on an online survey administered to a sample of 1004 UK respondents. The findings indicate that internationalism leads to an increased preference for international charities and a negative inclination towards domestic alternatives. Conversely, nationalism leads to a preference for domestic charities, but a surprisingly non-significant view on international causes. This study adds to the limited empirical research on charitable choice, specifically international giving, and has implications for fundraisers of both domestic and international charities. The work also provides valid and reliable scales for the assessment of charitable ethnocentrism and charitable cosmopolitanism.

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Does Charity Begin at Home? National Identity and Donating to Domestic Versus International Charities

Hart

Robson

2019

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“…Giving to international development could be low due to there being fewer international development charities than charities with a domestic focus. In a field experiment controlling for this number of charities effect in New Zealand, Knowles and Sullivan (2017) give participants the choice of donating to an international development charity (INGO) or a charity helping people in New Zealand and find 28% of participants choose the INGO. Therefore, even when the number of charities effect is controlled for, a significant majority still choose the charity with a domestic focus.…”

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In search of effective altruists

2020

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The effective altruism movement argues that people wanting to do the most good they can should donate to charities fighting poverty in poor countries overseas, rather than to charities helping people in need in wealthy countries. This is because there is greater need in the developing world meaning it is possible to save lives or improve living conditions at reasonably low cost. However, most people living in developed countries prefer to donate to charities helping people in need in their own country, rather than charities helping people in need in the developing world. This paper analyses why this might be. We conduct a discrete choice experiment to determine the relative importance people place on the effectiveness of a donation, the need of recipients, and whether the donation will be spent at home or overseas. We find that many people place more weight on where the donation will be spent than on how effective it will be. We also find that a significant number of people are not aware, or do not believe, a donation will be more effective in the developing world.

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“…This finding is evident in observational, survey and experimental data (e.g. Knowles and Sullivan, 2017;Casale and Baumann, 2015;Micklewright and Schnepf, 2009;Giving USA, 2017), implying a declining radius of altruism. In this paper, we analyse whether this declining radius of altruism also applies within countries; that is, are domestic charities given equal preference or do people prefer to give to local charities (i.e.…”

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“…One possible reason why charities with an overseas focus receive a low share of private donations could be what Knowles and Sullivan (2017) term the number of charities effect.…”

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How close to home does charity begin?

2020

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This paper uses a field experiment to analyse the extent to which people are more inclined to support a charity focused on people or causes in their own region, compared to regions in other parts of the country. New Zealand land owners were incentivised to take part in an online survey by being told they could choose a charity from a list of four that would receive a $10 donation if they completed the survey. Importantly, the charities are based in different regions of the country. We find evidence of a significant declining radius of altruism: not only do people prefer to support charities in their own area, the further away a charity is located the less likely people are to support it.

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Does Charity Begin at Home or Overseas?

Cited by 27 publications

References 14 publications

Does Charity Begin at Home? National Identity and Donating to Domestic Versus International Charities

Does Charity Begin at Home? National Identity and Donating to Domestic Versus International Charities

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