The Early Life Influences of Teachers' Genders on Later Life Charitable Giving: Evidence from the Natural Disasters in Japan

Eiji Yamamura () and Nattavudh Powdthavee

No 12528, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: What determines human beings' decisions to donate money to a charity? Using a nationally representative survey of the Japanese population, we demonstrate that having been taught by a female teacher in their first year of school makes individuals more likely to donate to charities following natural disasters. The findings are robust in controlling for lessons on prosocial behaviors, such as group learning. We tested our results separately for men and women, as well as on prosocial attitude outcomes. Overall, our results suggest potential prosocial implications may arise from teacher-student gender matching.

Keywords: charitable giving; gender; prosocial; Japan; natural disaster; donation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D64 I20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2019-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-gen, nep-his, nep-ltv, nep-res, nep-soc and nep-ure
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