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How Effective Are Charity Managers? Evidence from a Panel of Charities

Bradley Minaker
Published online before print October 14, 2019, 0517-8767R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.2.0517-8767R2
Bradley Minaker
Bradley Minaker is a Senior Manager, Research and Planning in the Office of Institutional Analysis and Research at the University of Guelph ().
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Abstract

This paper presents the first causal evidence of the role that charity managers play in the financial performance of a charity. Using a novel dataset of Canadian charities, I find that a one standard deviation increase in manager ability leads to a 0.516 standard deviation increase in total revenue, which amounts to over $650,000. Married couples are found to have a larger effect than individuals and female managers are showed to have a larger effect than male managers. I then present extensions that show that the baseline model overestimates the effect of the managers.

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  • Charities
  • Leadership
  • Charity Managers
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  • H32

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How Effective Are Charity Managers? Evidence from a Panel of Charities
Bradley Minaker
Journal of Human Resources Oct 2019, 0517-8767R2; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.56.2.0517-8767R2
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