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Union members are more likely to give to charity, and to give more when they do.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Booth, Jonathan E. Williams, Mark Shelton F. |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | While union membership has benefits to workers themselves, could these benefits have spill over effects that are also a boon to society? Jonathan Booth and Mark Williams look at the effects that union membership has on charitable giving, and find that being a union member makes people 5 percent more likely to give to charity, and also to give 30 percent more than non-union members. These findings, they argue, may have important implications for society in a time of declining union membership. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/58316/1/__lse.ac.uk_storage_LIBRARY_Secondary_libfile_shared_repository_Content_American%20Politics%20and%20Policy_2013_October_blogs.lse.ac.uk-Union_members_are_more_likely_to_give_to_charity_and_to_give_more_when_they_do.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
