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Voluntary Work in Europe: Comparative Analysis Among Countries and Welfare Systems

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  • Ana Gil-Lacruz
  • Carmen Marcuello

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The main contribution of this paper to the research of volunteering participation is considering simultaneously different levels of data aggregation: individual, country and welfare regimen. This strategy allows us identifying individual factors (socio-demographic variables) and contextual data (government expenditures on social issues and GDP), as well as comparing different political backgrounds (welfare systems). Our results suggest that socio-demographic characteristics and contextual data are important predictors of volunteer rates. Macro-policies might be effective tools to promote national volunteering participation, because international differences on volunteer rates smooth with the introduction of national contextual data. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013

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  • Ana Gil-Lacruz & Carmen Marcuello, 2013. "Voluntary Work in Europe: Comparative Analysis Among Countries and Welfare Systems," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 114(2), pages 371-382, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:114:y:2013:i:2:p:371-382
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0150-5
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