Volunteer Labour Supply: Micro-econometric Evidence from Italy

Damiano Fiorillo ()

Chapter 10 in Paid and Unpaid Labour in the Social Economy. An International Perspective, 2009, pp 165-181 from AIEL - Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro

Abstract: This essay examines the evidence in favour of different motivations for unpaid labour in volunteer service associations, using an Italian micro data-set constructed by the Italian National Statistical Institute, which allows use of a measure of household income to test the consumption against the investment thesis. The main finding is that the donation of unpaid activity to a volunteer service association is determined both by the consumption and by the investment motivation, confirming the evidence of studies for the US, Canada and the UK. Interestingly, however, regional patterns of volunteer labour reflect the pattern of participation described in the social capital literature. People who live in regions relatively well-endowed with social capital do significantly more volunteer labour.

Keywords: voluntary work; social capital; consumption and investment motivations; Italian third sector. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D64 J22 L31 M59 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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