A5025712369- Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Social Capital and Networks
- Social and Demographic Issues in Germany
- Taxation and Compliance Studies
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
- Economic and Social Issues
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Innovation, Technology, and Society
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- State Capitalism and Financial Governance
- Gender Politics and Representation
- European Law and Migration
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- European Union Policy and Governance
- Social Issues and Policies
- Family Business Performance and Succession
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- European Monetary and Fiscal Policies
Vienna University of Economics and Business
2013-2024
This article aims to contribute the long-standing discussion about nonprofit organizations’ (NPOs) dependence on public funding and its consequences their advocacy role in modern societies. Drawing resource theory data from a quantitative survey, study investigates impact of extent engagement advocacy. Traditionally, scholars have cautioned that NPOs reliant sources will hesitate pursue political objectives engage work. Yet, empirical findings are strikingly inconsistent. One reasons for...
Numerous studies demonstrate the effectiveness of university-based community service programs on students’ personal, social, ethical, and academic domains. These effects depend both, characteristics students enrolled programs, for instance whether they are voluntary or mandatory. Our study investigates indeed caused by experience prior self-selection. Using data from a pre–post quasi-experimental design conducted at public university in Europe taking socioeconomic background into account,...
Abstract Rising socio-economic inequality in many countries raises the question of how it affects individuals’ civic engagement forms charitable giving, volunteering and non-profit membership. Though a growing body multidisciplinary literature has started to address this issue, empirical results vary considerably explanations about what underlies relationship remain fragmentary. We thus conduct systematic review (a) provide synopsis findings (b) identify theoretical presumed mediating...
Although civil societies in Central and Eastern Europe are often portrayed as similar, united by a shared communist past, they have developed along increasingly divergent trajectories over the past three decades. This article investigates current state of society region role institutional context plays it. Drawing on historical institutionalism process European integration, we classify 14 countries under investigation into distinct groups analyze data from survey more than 350 local experts....
In this article, we examine whether and how the institutional context matters when understanding individuals’ giving to philanthropic organizations. We posit that both propensity give amounts given are higher in countries with a stronger for philanthropy. key factors of formal informal contexts philanthropy at organizational societal levels, including regulatory legislative frameworks, professional standards, social practices. Our results show while aggregate levels institutionalization,...
This article is intended as the leading in a special issue devoted to achievements, limitations, opportunities and risks entailed research practice of contemporary philanthropy. The first characterizes philanthropy highly diverse dynamic set social practices that has only recently been subject systematic scrutiny an emerging field research, parallel its rapid transformation increased societal visibility. main debates emerged during last two decades while researching complexities are...
Do government expenditures shift private philanthropic donations to particular fields of welfare? We examine this association in the first cross-country study correlate with level individual different welfare using Individual International Philanthropy Database (IIPD, 2016; Ncountry = 19; Nindividual 126,923). The results descriptive and multilevel analyses support idea crosswise crowding-in; countries where health social protection are higher, more donors give environment, international...
This paper explores cross-country variations in charitable giving and investigates the association of welfare state policies with private philanthropy. Hypotheses are drawn from crowding-out theory considerations about influence a country’s mixed economy welfare. We add to on-going discussion concerning hypothesis empirical evidence by looking at specific subsectors people donate across countries. Using Eurobarometer survey data that include 23 countries, we find no for effect, but rather...
Why did some individuals react to the Covid-19 crisis in a prosocial manner, whereas others withdrew from society? To shed light onto this question, we investigate changing patterns of charitable giving during pandemic. The study analyzes survey data 2000 individuals, representative populations Germany and Austria. Logistic regressions reveal that personal affectedness by seems play crucial role: those who were personally affected either mentally, financially, or health-wise first 12 months...
Previous research addressing the relation between income and donations as a proportion of has revealed predominantly inconsistent results. In this article, we argue that can partly be explained by great variance methodological approaches. Providing literature review covering 26 studies, systematically identify how issues such data, variables, methods have affected former findings. addition, apply different approaches to Austrian tax data ( n = 20,000), demonstrating lead variation in...
Public concerns about economic inequality are large and growing, they have been shown to affect people’s charitable giving volunteering. While empirical literature addresses this issue, it provides little evidence on the mechanisms that might explain relationship. Numerous hypotheses from different disciplines proposed, with social disintegration hypothesis, conflict relative power aversion hypothesis among most commonly suggested ones. In study, we apply mediation analysis survey data...
Abstract In the literature it is generally assumed that activities of voluntary membership based associations operating in stable institutional environments are multi-faceted, contributing simultaneously to societal, economic and political spheres. This article, drawing on concept functions non-profit organizations investigates, whether multi-functional character holds true context transitional Russia. The paper examines relative importance advocacy, community building service delivery...
This article examines inequalities in the spatial accessibility of childcare between high- and low-status neighbourhoods city Vienna asks (i) whether specific public non-profit provider types contribute to these (ii) which factors may cause a mainly tax-funded system. For our analysis, we combine data on location characteristics providers with spatially granular information demand neighbourhood characteristics. The results show that two – church-related independent are responsible for higher...
Abstract This practice paper articulates the key learnings for philanthropic organizations based on their experiences of COVID‐19 pandemic. Which actions can take to best support community needs during times crisis? To answer this question, we synthesize information about how responded early crisis (spring―fall 2020) across 11 countries: Australia, Austria, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Norway, Sweden, Republic Korea, Russian Federation, and United States America. Results indicate four...