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Title: Commercialism and Pay in the Nonprofit Sector

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: Studies on the nonprofit pay differential find that nonprofit workers in the child daycare industry earn more than comparable for-profit workers (Ben-Ner, Ren, & Paulson, 2011; Preston, 1988), whereas nonprofit lawyers earn less than lawyers in for-profit firms (Frank, 1996; Weisbrod, 1983). Are nonprofit daycare center workers less altruistic than for-profit daycare workers or nonprofit lawyers? What is the meaning of a positive or negative nonprofit pay differential from various studies? This dissertation reframes the sectoral pay differential question and examines whether there is a donative labor effect for nonprofit workers relative to the for-profit workers. Current empirical studies examining one or several industries produce a range of conflicting results, which makes comparison impossible and becomes a barrier to understanding the nature and magnitude of the nonprofit wage differential. Is there a relationship between industries and the sectoral pay differential? I develop measures to explain the relationship between the industry and the variability of the cross-sectoral pay differential based on the literature of commercialism on the industry level.

Url: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=pmap_diss

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Authors: Cui, Shicun

Institution: Georgia State University

Department: Public Management and Policy

Advisor: Greg Lewis

Degree: Ph.D.

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Pages: 180

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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