The Nonprofit Worker in a For-Profit World
研究非营利组织中白领工人的工资，发现经理和专业人员工资比市场低约20%，文员和销售人员低约5%，但低工资可能源于低质量工人选择非营利部门。
This article investigates the experience of white-collar workers in nonprofit firms. The theoretical model of the nonprofit labor market suggests that workers supply labor to nonprofit organizations at lower than market wages in return for the opportunity to provide goods with positive social externalities. Average nonprofit wage differentials of approximately -0.20 and -0.05 are estimated for managers and professionals and for clerical and sales workers, respectively, in two national worker data sets. Further research is needed for more conclusive evidence concerning the possibility that the estimated differential may reflect low-quality workers selecting work in the nonprofit sector. Copyright 1989 by University of Chicago Press.