Giving to secular causes by the religious and nonreligious: An experimental test of the responsiveness of giving to subsidies Academic Article

abstract

• Although evidence indicates that religious persons are more generous on average than nonreligious persons, little work has been done to determine if this greater generosity is a general pattern or is, rather, specific to church-based institutions. Limited research addresses if, or how, religious and nonreligious givers respond to subsidies. This article uses experimental data to examine differences in the amount and pattern of giving to secular charities in response to subsidies by self-identified religious and nonreligious participants. The results indicate no significant difference in either the amount or pattern of giving or in the response to subsidies by religious and nonreligious participants; however, giving by religious participants is significantly more responsive to income changes than giving by nonreligious participants.

authors

• Eckel, Catherine

published proceedings

• NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR QUARTERLY

altmetric score

• 5.5

author list (cited authors)

• Eckel, C. C., & Grossman, P. J.

citation count

• 114

complete list of authors

• Eckel, CC||Grossman, PJ

publication date

• June 2004

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly  Journal

keywords

• Charitable Giving
• Experiment
• Religion
• Subsidies

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/0899764004263423

start page

• 271

end page

• 289

volume

• 33

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1177%2F0899764004263423