The Geographic Distribution of Volunteering Across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Huw Dixon and Kemar Whyte

Discussion Papers from Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence

Abstract: In this paper we use the Understanding Society household panel survey to estimate the volume and value of volunteering across the NUTS 1 geography of the UK, namely Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the 9 English regions. We find that there is considerable variation in the frequency and hours of volunteering across the UK. In the latest figures (2018-19) we find that the proportion of individuals who volunteer varies from 14.5% to 21.1% against the UK average of 17.4%. Using the replacement wage method, we estimate that volunteering in the UK is between 1-1.4% of GDP.

Keywords: Volunteering; regional; Value added; UK (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C8 D1 D64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-07-19
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