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  1. To join or not to join?
    the impact of social interactions on local participation decisions
    Author: Bijker, Rixt; Leeuwen, Eveline S. van; Koster, Paul
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    This paper investigates how social interactions impact the decision to participate in one’s local environment. Existing work often reports correlations between social interactions and local participation, but it is unclear what the causal direction... more

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    This paper investigates how social interactions impact the decision to participate in one’s local environment. Existing work often reports correlations between social interactions and local participation, but it is unclear what the causal direction of this relationship is. A key contribution of this paper is that we are able to estimate the causal effect of social interactions on the decision to participate by systematically varying social attributes in a choice experiment. Based on a large-scale survey in one Dutch municipality we analyze 3894 choice observations of 435 respondents. Our sample includes respondents who currently participate and respondents who do not. We find that at the recruitment stage being asked by a friend or acquaintance significantly increases the chances to volunteer. We also find significant homophily effects in terms of age as well as for the characteristics of the group already participating. Financial incentives have significant negative impacts on the decision to participate.

     
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    Series: Array ; TI 2019, 003
    Subjects: Social interactions; Discrete choice experiments; Homophily; Volunteering
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  2. Can raising instructional time crowd out student pro-social behaviour?
    evidence from Germany
    Author: Krekel, Christian
    Published: [2017]
    Publisher:  Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques, Paris

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    Series: Working paper / Paris School of Economics ; no 2017, 38
    Subjects: Instructional Time; Student Pro-Social Behaviour; Volunteering; ScholasticInvolvement; Political Interest; Quasi-Natural Experiment; ”G8”Reform; SOEP
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  3. The volunteer's dilemma in finite populations
    Author: Konrad, Kai A.; Morath, Florian
    Published: [2020]
    Publisher:  Research platform Empirical and Experimental Economics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    We study the long-run stochastic stability properties of volunteering strategies in finite populations. We allow for mixed strategies, characterized by the probability that a player may not volunteer. A pairwise comparison of evolutionary strategies... more

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    We study the long-run stochastic stability properties of volunteering strategies in finite populations. We allow for mixed strategies, characterized by the probability that a player may not volunteer. A pairwise comparison of evolutionary strategies shows that the strategy with a lower probability of volunteering is advantaged. However, in the long run there are also groups of volunteering types. Homomorphisms with the more volunteering types are more frequent if the groups have fewer members, and if the benefits from volunteering are larger. Such homomorphisms with volunteering cease to exist if the group becomes infinitely large. In contrast, the disadvantage of volunteering disappears if the ratio of individual benefits and costs of volunteering becomes infinitely large.

     
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    Series: Working papers in economics and statistics ; 2020, 34
    Subjects: Volunteering; stochastic stability; finite populations; mixed strategies; collective action
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  4. Dynamic collective action and the power of large numbers
    Author: Battaglini, Marco; Palfrey, Thomas R.
    Published: 23 May 2024
    Publisher:  Centre for Economic Policy Research, London

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    Series: Array ; DP19102
    Subjects: Collective Action; Free Riding; Volunteering; Mechanism Design
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  5. Organizing for collective action
    olson revisited
    Author: Battaglini, Marco; Palfrey, Thomas R.
    Published: 02 March 2023
    Publisher:  Centre for Economic Policy Research, London

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    Series: Array ; DP17951
    Subjects: Collective Action; Free Riding; Volunteering; Lobbying; Mechanism Design
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  6. Social media charity campaigns and pro-social behavior
    evidence from the Ice Bucket Challenge
    Author: Fazio, Andrea; Scervini, Francesco; Reggiani, Tommaso
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Masaryk University, Brno

    Social media play a relevant role in shaping social attitudes and economic behaviors of individuals. One of the first very well-known examples of social media campaign is the Ice Bucket Challenge (IBC), a charity campaign that went viral on social... more

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    Social media play a relevant role in shaping social attitudes and economic behaviors of individuals. One of the first very well-known examples of social media campaign is the Ice Bucket Challenge (IBC), a charity campaign that went viral on social networks in August 2014 aiming at collecting money for the research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We rely on UK longitudinal data to investigate the causal impact of the Ice Bucket Challenge on pro-social behaviors. In detail, this study shows that having been exposed to the IBC increases the probability of donating money, and it increases the amount of donating money among those who donate at most £100. We also find that exposure to the IBC has increased the probability of volunteering and the level of interpersonal trust. However, all these results, but the one on the intensive margins of donations, have a short duration, limited to less than one year, supporting the prevalent consensus that social media campaigns may have only short-term effects.

     
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    Edition: This version: July 6, 2022
    Series: MUNI ECON ; n. 2022, 09
    Subjects: Donations; Volunteering; Altruism; Social media campaigns; Ice bucket challenge
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  7. Social media charity campaigns and pro-social behaviour
    evidence from the Ice Bucket Challenge
    Author: Fazio, Andrea; Reggiani, Tommaso; Scervini, Francesco
    Published: April 2023
    Publisher:  Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    Social media use plays an important role in shaping individuals' social attitudes and economic behaviours. One of the first well-known examples of social media campaigns is the Ice Bucket Challenge (IBC), a charity campaign that went viral on social... more

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    Social media use plays an important role in shaping individuals' social attitudes and economic behaviours. One of the first well-known examples of social media campaigns is the Ice Bucket Challenge (IBC), a charity campaign that went viral on social media networks in August 2014, aiming to collect money for research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We rely on UK longitudinal data to investigate the causal impact of the Ice Bucket Challenge on pro-social behaviours. In detail, this study shows that having been exposed to the IBC increases the probability of donating money, and it also increases the amount of money donated among those who donate at most ¿100. We also find that exposure to the IBC has increased the probability of volunteering and the level of interpersonal trust. However, all these results, except for the result on the intensive margins of donations, are of short duration and are limited to less than one year. This supports the prevalent consensus that social media campaigns may have only short-term effects.

     
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    Series: Cardiff economics working papers ; no. E2023, 06
    Subjects: Donations; Volunteering; Altruism; Social media campaigns; Ice bucket challenge
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  8. Occupation, prestige, and voluntary work in retirement
    empirical evidence from Germany
    Author: Lengfeld, Holger; Ordemann, Jessica
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  DIW, Berlin

    The paper examines the extent to which the prestige value of a retiree's former occupation increases the likelihood that they will make a transition into volunteering after retirement. Following social production function theory, we assume that when... more

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    The paper examines the extent to which the prestige value of a retiree's former occupation increases the likelihood that they will make a transition into volunteering after retirement. Following social production function theory, we assume that when a person retires, the prestige value attached to their former occupation fades. The fact that volunteering has the character of a collective good provides the opportunity to gain social prestige to offset the loss of occupational prestige. However, the extent of the incentive to volunteer will be distributed unequally across occupations: the higher the former occupational prestige value, the higher the perceived loss of prestige after retirement. Thus, doing a job with high prestige value increases the incentive to volunteer in retirement. This assumption is tested, using data taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1992 - 2013. The sample contains 1,631 workers and 589 retirees, 278 of whom transitioned into volunteering during the observation window. Based on Kaplan-Meier-Failure-Estimates and complementary log-log hazard models, findings show a positive effect of occupational prestige on the transition into volunteering. Thus, the loss of high occupational prestige can be compensated by the social prestige associated with volunteering. Formal volunteering in retirement follows, albeit to a lesser extent, the logic of the occupational social strata.

     
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    Series: SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research ; 686
    Subjects: Social Production Function Theory; Retirement; Volunteering; Occupations
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  9. Dynamic collective action and the power of large numbers
    Author: Battaglini, Marco; Palfrey, Thomas R.
    Published: 23 May 2024
    Publisher:  Centre for Economic Policy Research, London

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    Series: Array ; DP19102
    Subjects: Collective Action; Free Riding; Volunteering; Mechanism Design
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  10. Charitable behaviour and political ideology
    evidence for the UK
    Author: Brown, Sarah; Taylor, Karl
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics, Sheffield

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    Series: Sheffield economic research paper series ; SERPS no. 2019, 002 (February 2019)
    Subjects: Monetary donations; Political affiliation; Volunteering
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  11. Volunteering and life or financial shocks
    does income and wealth matter?
    Author: Beatton, Tony; Torgler, Benno
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milano

    Volunteering is a dominant social force that signals a healthy state. However, although the literature on volunteering is extensive, knowledge on how life’s discontinuities (life event shocks) affect volunteering is limited because most studies work... more

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    Volunteering is a dominant social force that signals a healthy state. However, although the literature on volunteering is extensive, knowledge on how life’s discontinuities (life event shocks) affect volunteering is limited because most studies work with static (cross-sectional) data. To reduce this shortcoming, we use longitudinal data from Australia (HILDA) that tracks the same individuals over time to assess how individuals from different income and wealth groups respond to life and financial shocks with respect to volunteering. Although both income and wealth can act as buffers against life shocks by providing stability and reducing vulnerability-which decreases the need to actually change behaviour patterns-we observe more heterogeneity than expected and also stickiness at the lowest income levels. Response delays in post-shock volunteering also suggest that volunteering habits may be driven and influenced by strong commitment and motivation that are not shattered by life or financial shocks. In fact, the amount of time spent volunteering tends to increase after negative income shocks and decrease after positive income shocks.

     
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    Series: Array ; 103.2014
    Subjects: Volunteering; Life Event Shocks; Financial Shocks; Income; Wealth; Habits; Panel; Australia
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  12. Occupation, prestige, and voluntary work in retirement
    empirical evidence from Germany
    Author: Lengfeld, Holger; Ordemann, Jessica
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  DIW, Berlin

    The paper examines the extent to which the prestige value of a retiree's former occupation increases the likelihood that they will make a transition into volunteering after retirement. Following social production function theory, we assume that when... more

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    The paper examines the extent to which the prestige value of a retiree's former occupation increases the likelihood that they will make a transition into volunteering after retirement. Following social production function theory, we assume that when a person retires, the prestige value attached to their former occupation fades. The fact that volunteering has the character of a collective good provides the opportunity to gain social prestige to offset the loss of occupational prestige. However, the extent of the incentive to volunteer will be distributed unequally across occupations: the higher the former occupational prestige value, the higher the perceived loss of prestige after retirement. Thus, doing a job with high prestige value increases the incentive to volunteer in retirement. This assumption is tested, using data taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1992 - 2013. The sample contains 1,631 workers and 589 retirees, 278 of whom transitioned into volunteering during the observation window. Based on Kaplan-Meier-Failure-Estimates and complementary log-log hazard models, findings show a positive effect of occupational prestige on the transition into volunteering. Thus, the loss of high occupational prestige can be compensated by the social prestige associated with volunteering. Formal volunteering in retirement follows, albeit to a lesser extent, the logic of the occupational social strata.

     
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    Series: SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research ; 686
    Subjects: Social Production Function Theory; Retirement; Volunteering; Occupations
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