Russians’ Participation In Cash Donations: Factors And Level Of Involvement

Irina Mersianova, Natalya Ivanova () and Irina Korneeva ()
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Natalya Ivanova: National Research University Higher School of Economics

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Abstract: As part of Russia’s transformation process of the last decade, the preconditions for the emergence of philanthropic institutions were created. However, there is a limited amount of research devoted to the philanthropic activity of Russians. This deficit stems from a lack of empirical data on the subject. This article seeks to partly rectify this deficit of empirical information on the topic. We examine the level of Russian citizens’ involvement in making cash donations and reveal the socio-demographic factors that influence it. Empirical data were collected within the framework of the monitoring of Russian civil society that has been conducted since 2006. We found that giving is a rather well-developed civic practice in Russia, even based on the number of Russians who make donations. To activate charity, a favorable institutional environment needs to be created in Russia.

Keywords: philanthropy; charity; donations; volunteering; civil society; benefactors; donors; logistic regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L3 L31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2014
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Published in WP BRP Series: Sociology / SOC, October 2014, pages 1-25

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