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ArticleVoluntas : international journal of voluntary and nonprofit organizations2023

Charitable Giving in Times of Covid-19: Do Crises Forward the Better or the Worse in Individuals?

Julia Litofcenko, Michael Meyer, Michaela Neumayr, Astrid Pennerstorfer

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Article in Voluntas : international journal of voluntary and nonprofit organizations, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Julia LitofcenkoInstitute for Nonprofit Management, WU Vienna, University of Economics and Business, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria.
Michael MeyerInstitute for Nonprofit Management, WU Vienna, University of Economics and Business, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria.
Michaela NeumayrInstitute for Nonprofit Management, WU Vienna, University of Economics and Business, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-5947-9325
Astrid PennerstorferInstitute for Social Policy, WU Vienna, University of Economics and Business, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria.
Vienna University of Economics and Business · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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 the pandemic. The study analyzes survey data of 2000 individuals, representative of the populations of Germany and Austria. Logistic regressions reveal that personal affectedness by Covid-19 seems to play a crucial role: those who were personally affected either mentally, financially, or health-wise during the first 12 months of Covid-19 were most likely to have changed their giving behavior. The observed patterns fit psychological explanations of how human beings process existential threats. Our findings indicate that a profound societal crisis in itself mainly leads to changes in charitable giving if individuals are severely affected on a personal level. Thereby, we contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying individuals' charitable giving behavior in times of crisis. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11266-023-00558-y.

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AustriaCharitable givingCovid-19GermanyTerror management theory

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PMID37360505
PMCPMC9974051
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