Formal volunteering and self-perceived health. Causal evidence from the Uk-SILC

Damiano Fiorillo () and Nunzia Nappo

Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers from HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York

Abstract: The paper assesses the causal relationship between formal volunteering and individual health. The econometric analysis employs data provided by the Income and Living Conditions Survey for the United Kingdom carried out by the European Union’s Statistics (UK-SILC) in 2006. Based on 2SLS, treatment effect and recursive bivariate probit models, and religious participation as instrument variable, and controlling for social and cultural capital, our results show a positive and causal relationship between formal volunteering and self-perceived health.

Keywords: individual health; formal volunteering; social capital; instrumental variable; treatment effect model; recursive bivariate probit model; UK (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 C36 D64 I10 I18 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-hea and nep-soc
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Journal Article: Formal volunteering and self-perceived health. Causal evidence from the UK-SILC (2017)
Working Paper: Formal volunteering and self-perceived health. Causal evidence from the UK-SILC (2015)
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