Participation in voluntary organizations

Juan José Barrios
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Juan José Barrios: Universidad ORT Uruguay. Facultad de Administración y Ciencias Sociales. Departmento de Economía

No 70, Documentos de Investigación from Universidad ORT Uruguay. Facultad de Administración y Ciencias Sociales

Abstract: Economic theories explaining participation have focused on individual preferences, private and public failures as explanations for participation in voluntary organizations. These theories do not look at the relevance of the institutions that affect public and market failures that in turn, affect participation. My essay considers and empirically examines the effect those different institutions and institutional forms may have on civic participation, as suggested by political scientists and sociologists. Using a sample of 83 countries circa year 2000 from the World Value Surveys, the hypotheses with respect to the importance of institutional variables are partially supported by the data.

Keywords: industrial organization; non profit organization and public enterprise; non profit institutions; NGOs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L L3 L31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 61 pages
Date: 2011-12
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