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The Far-Right Donation Gap

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  • Cage, Julia
  • Hengel, Moritz
  • Huang, Yuchen

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We document a widespread decline in the share of donors to charities in Western countries over the past decade, and show that this can be in part explained by a lower propensity to donate among far-right voters. Focusing on France, we first conduct a large-scale survey (N = 12, 600) and show that far-right voters are significantly less likely to report a charitable donation than the rest of the population, conditional on a rich set of controls. Second, using administrative tax data for the universe of French municipalities (N = 33, 000) combined with electoral results, we find that the negative relationship between vote shares for the far right and charitable donations holds in a broad range of specifications, at both the extensive and the intensive margin, and controlling for municipality fixed effects. Third, we exploit unique geo-localized donation data from several charities and document similar patterns. All evidence points towards a drop in the propensity to donate driven by a shift in social norms that threatens general acceptance of the charitable sector.

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  • Cage, Julia & Hengel, Moritz & Huang, Yuchen, 2023. "The Far-Right Donation Gap," CEPR Discussion Papers 18356, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:18356
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    • H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
    • H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
    • L38 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Policy

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