RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 How Effective Are Charity Managers?
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 632
OP 654
DO 10.3368/jhr.56.2.0517-8767R2
VO 56
IS 2
A1 Minaker, Bradley
YR 2021
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/56/2/632.abstract
AB 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.