Offline volunteering during COVID-19: a survey experiment with prior and prospective blood donors

Stefanie Ehmann (), Michael Haylock () and Anne Kathin Heynold ()
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Stefanie Ehmann: University of Tübingen
Michael Haylock: University of Duisburg-Essen
Anne Kathin Heynold: University of Tübingen

Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2024, vol. 10, issue 2, No 13, 415-427

Abstract: Abstract Offline volunteering was faced with new challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a survey experiment with 1207 student participants, we test the impact of informing subjects about blood donation urgency (shortage information), and secondly, the effect of providing information about measures taken to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission at blood donation centers (hygiene information), on their inclination to donate during and after the COVID-19 lockdown. The results show that shortage information increases extensive-margin willingness to donate for non-donors by 15 percentage points (pp), on average, and increases the willingness to donate quickly for all respondents. Hygiene information, however, reduces prior donors’ intention to donate again by 8pp, on average, and reduces the willingness of non-donors to donate quickly.

Keywords: Blood donation; Giving; Volunteering; Information; Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 D64 H12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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