Formal volunteering and self-perceived health. Causal evidence from the UK-SILC

Damiano Fiorillo () and Nunzia Nappo

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Abstract: The paper assesses the causal relationship between formal volunteering and individual health. The econometric analysis employs data provided by the Income and Living Conditions Survey for the United Kingdom carried out by the European Union’s Statistics (UK-SILC) in 2006. Based on 2SLS, treatment effect and recursive bivariate probit models, and religious participation as instrument variable, and controlling for social and cultural capital, our results show a positive and causal relationship between formal volunteering and self-perceived health.

Keywords: health; formal volunteering; social capital; instrumental variable; treatment effect model; recursive bivariate probit model; UK (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C3 C31 C35 C36 D6 D64 I1 I10 I18 Z10 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-01
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