Gender differences in volunteer activities: Evidence from German survey data

Marcus Dittrich () and Bianka Mey ()
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Bianka Mey: Chemnitz University of Technology

Economics Bulletin, 2015, vol. 35, issue 1, 349-360

Abstract: Using unique data from a large-scale online survey conducted in Germany, we examine gender differences in volunteering for charitable organisations. Our findings suggest that men are more likely than women to engage in regular volunteer activities. Additionally, we find that men devote more time to charitable causes than women. However, disaggregating the volunteer labour supply by different organisations reveals that women spend more time performing volunteer work for organisations that help the poor or elderly.

Keywords: Volunteer activities; altruism; gender differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D6 J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-03-11
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