Religion and Volunteering

John Wilson

Chapter 8 in The Economics of Religion, 2023, pp 187-244 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Volunteering is a form of prosocial behavior that involves a freely chosen decision to commit a sustained amount of time and effort to helping another person, group or cause, typically through an organization. Religion is a powerful and consistent predictor of volunteer activities in many countries however it is measured (e.g., church attendance) and whether or not the volunteer work is narrowly religious or broadly secular. Religion also helps explain variations in volunteering by country, race or ethnicity, gender and age. Recent research has uncovered reasons for the positive effect of religion, most prominently the role of social networks.

Keywords: Economics; Religion; Economics of Religion; Max Weber; Adam Smith (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 A13 D9 E7 Z1 Z12 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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