Wither Labor Donation: Using Sociological and Economic Theories to Predict INGO Salaries in Developing Countries

• In Event: Politics of NGOs and Development

Brief Overview

Primary data from Haiti explores the question: how do INGOs set salaries? While preliminary analysis supports arguments INGOs pay above-market wages, the effect of the organization form vanishes once we control for sociological and economic theories.

Author

• Anthony J. DeMattee, Indiana University-Bloomington