The economic benefits of volunteering and social class |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Amsterdam, Netherlands;2. Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI);1. Decisions Lab, Department of Law, Economics and Human Sciences, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Loc. Feo di Vito snc, I-89124, Reggio Calabria, Italy;2. Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Putra Info-port, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;3. Department of Extension, University of Connecticut1, 796 Asylum Avenue, West Hartford, NY 06117, USA;4. Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, University of Minnesota, Burton Hall, 178 Pillsbury Dr SE #206, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA |
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| Abstract: | A theory that the economic benefits of volunteering are contingent on social class (as defined by similarities in labour market situation) is tested using seven waves of longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Study gathered between 1996 and 2008 and fixed-effects models. Volunteering has a positive effect on earnings, but it is confined to people in professional and managerial occupations. Employees in white and blue collar jobs do not benefit. The study suggests that inconsistent results from previous studies might be due to failure to consider occupational heterogeneity among volunteers. |
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| Keywords: | Volunteering Earnings Social class |
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