Preferences, social capital, and compulsory volunteering

Wei Yang

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 120, issue 1, 32-35

Abstract: An OLG model is developed to study a “compulsory volunteer” policy mandating the young to volunteer. While the policy likely increases the social capital level, its long-run effect on the old depends crucially on the elasticity of a public good.

Keywords: Volunteer; Compulsory volunteering; Public good (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H31 H41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.03.023

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