@article {Minaker632, author = {Bradley Minaker}, title = {How Effective Are Charity Managers?}, volume = {56}, number = {2}, pages = {632--654}, year = {2021}, doi = {10.3368/jhr.56.2.0517-8767R2}, publisher = {University of Wisconsin Press}, 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 data set 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 more than $650,000. Married couples are found to have a larger effect than individuals, and female managers are shown to have a larger effect than male managers. I then present extensions that show that the baseline model overestimates the effect of the managers.}, issn = {0022-166X}, URL = {https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/56/2/632}, eprint = {https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/56/2/632.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Human Resources} }