‘How We Beg’: a Sampling of Research Topics

The annual meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, to be held next week in Indianapolis, will include presentations on some 250 research papers. Following is a sample of the papers:

“Crooks and Angels: Public Attitudes Toward Non-Profit Action,” by Mark Wilson, Michigan State University

“A Robust Estimation of the Effects of Taxation on Charitable Contributions,” by Robert McClelland and Ralph Bradley, Bureau of Labor Statistics

“Wealth and the Commonwealth: New Findings on the Trends in Wealth and Philanthropy,” by John J. Havens and Paul G. Schervish, Boston College

“How We Beg,” by Femida Handy and Eli Katz, York University

“It’s There: The Glass Ceiling in Non-Profit Human Service Organizations,” by Margaret Gibelman, Yeshiva University

“Non-Profit Organizations in an Era of Welfare Reform,” by Carol De Vita, the Urban Institute

“The Irrelevance of Ethics for Organizational Professionals,” by Carl Milofsky, Bucknell University

“A Statistical Profile of Latino Non-Profit Organizations in the United States,” by Michael Cortes, University of Colorado at Denver

“The Impact of Professional Solicitors on Fund Raising in Charitable Organizations,” by Janet Greenlee, Pennsylvania State University, and Teresa P. Gordon, University of Idaho

“Non-Governmental Organization Networks and the Democratization of Bangladesh,” by Darcy Ashman, Global Partnerships

“Volunteer Recognition: (It’s Not What You Thought It Would Be!),” by Vicki Schwartz and Ken Culp III, Ohio State University Extension

“What Difference Does It Make if a Hospital is Religious?” by David H. Smith and Judith Granbois, Indiana University

“Workers in Battered Women’s Shelters: Who They Are and What They Do,” by Anne Kok, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay