Charitable Dictators? Determinants of Giving to NGOs in Uganda

Kim Lehrer; Catherine Porter

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Charitable Dictators? Determinants of Giving to NGOs in Uganda

Kim Lehrer, Catherine Porter

School of Social Sciences

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Abstract

We play a dictator game in Uganda with students, civil servants and individuals from the private sector. In the game, participants divide a sum of money between themselves and a local charity. In a turning a ‘blind eye’ treatment, participants are first given the choice of knowing the identity of the recipient. Finally, participants are asked whether they wish to additionally donate their own money. Contrary to many experimental findings, the average donation of non-students (civil servants) is significantly lower than that of students. Very few individuals donate their own money, despite 30 per cent of participants donating the full endowment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	80-101
Number of pages	22
Journal	Journal of International Development
Volume	30
Issue number	1
Early online date	9 Nov 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3331
Publication status	Published - Jan 2018

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