Author(s):
Sardinha, Boguslawa Maria Barszczak 
; Pires, Cesaltina Pacheco
Date: 2011
Origin: Repositório Comum
Subject(s): Volunteer labor; European values survey; Nonpro t organizations
Document details
To volunteer or not to volunteer? A cross-country study of volunteering
Description
Comunicação apresentada em 5th Annal Meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal - Aveiro, 8-9 July 2011 This paper uses data from the 4th wave of the European Values Survey (EVS) to inves- tigate the factors that in uence the decision to participate in volunteering activities, con- sidering both volunteering in general as well as volunteering in particular types of activities. Like previous studies we include several socioeconomic and demographic variables. However our study also includes attitudinal variables and country dummy variables that capture the impact of country speci c factors. Our results show that there are signi cant di¤erences across countries in the propensity for volunteering and that the determinants of volunteering are quite di¤erent for the various types of volunteering.
Comunicação apresentada em 5th Annal Meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal - Aveiro, 8-9 July 2011 This paper uses data from the 4th wave of the European Values Survey (EVS) to inves- tigate the factors that in uence the decision to participate in volunteering activities, con- sidering both volunteering in general as well as volunteering in particular types of activities. Like previous studies we include several socioeconomic and demographic variables. However our study also includes attitudinal variables and country dummy variables that capture the impact of country speci c factors. Our results show that there are signi cant di¤erences across countries in the propensity for volunteering and that the determinants of volunteering are quite di¤erent for the various types of volunteering.
Document Type
Conference Object
Language English
Language English
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