Life satisfaction and donation to charitable organizations

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buir.advisorÖkten, Çağla
dc.contributor.authorÖzer, Zülfükar Özer
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T20:02:12Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T20:02:12Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.descriptionAnkara : Department of Economics İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2014.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2014.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical refences 26-28.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, the empirical link between individuals donations‘ to charitable organizations and their levels of life satisfaction is analysed, and the warm glow motive is tested in this context. Using a national representative data from US, I observed that there is a positive correlation between reported life satisfaction and individuals acts of giving. First, I found that individuals who donate to charitable organizations report a higher level of life satisfaction. Second, I found that individuals‘ reported life satisfaction levels are proportional to their amount of contribution to public goods. Consistent with the warm-glow motive, the life satisfaction level depends individuals‘ own the act of giving and their amount of donation. Third, by using instrumental variables techniques and selection on observed and unobserved variables method, the causal relation between the act of donation and individuals‘ reported well-being is shown. Fourth, it is observed that the act of giving affects the individuals‘ subjective well-being with regard to which type of organization they donate to. In this regard, the relation between donation to secular and non-secular charitable organizations and subjective well-being is examined.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityÖzer, Zülfükar Özeren_US
dc.format.extentx, 32 leavesen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/16877
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectImpure altruism modelen_US
dc.subjectwarm-glowen_US
dc.subjectlife satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectdonationen_US
dc.subjectinstrumental variables techniqueen_US
dc.subjectselection on observable and unobservable variablesen_US
dc.subjectcausal relationen_US
dc.subject.lccHM1145 .O94 2014en_US
dc.subject.lcshAltruism--Social aspects.en_US
dc.subject.lcshAltruism--Economic aspects.en_US
dc.subject.lcshCharities--Social aspects.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHelp-seeking behavior.en_US
dc.titleLife satisfaction and donation to charitable organizationsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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