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Charitable donations by the self-employed
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posted on 2023-06-09, 04:00 authored by Matthias A Tietz, Simon ParkerThis article analyzes an important aspect of the social behavior of the self-employed in America. We ask whether the self-employed express their social responsibility to society by giving more to charity than the general population, and if so which charitable causes they give to. We use social identity theory to generate hypotheses about the determinants and objectives of charitable giving among members of this socially and economically important group. Testing these hypotheses with nationally representative, longitudinal US data, we find that the American self-employed are indeed more likely to exhibit social responsibility toward their community by giving to charities than the general population. While the self-employed support broadly similar charities to the general population, they give substantially more to organizations which: address issues in the local community; provide health care; and serve the needy. We trace out implications of our findings for scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers.
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Small Business EconomicsISSN
0921-898XPublisher
SpringerExternal DOI
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4Volume
43Page range
899-916Department affiliated with
- Business and Management Publications
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2016-11-14First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2021-03-05Usage metrics
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