Volunteering and the state

Volunteering participation rates vary greatly across countries even when the potential volunteers' individual characteristics are controlled. We therefore analyze the volunteers' motives against the backdrop of the predominant political and economic environment in different countries, focu...

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Volume:	151
Main Author:	Franz Hackl Martin Halla Gerald J. Pruckner
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Boston Springer 01.06.2012 Springer US SPRINGER
published in:	Public choice Vol. 151; no. 3/4; pp. 465 - 495
Data of publication:	20120601
ISSN:	0048-5829 1573-7101
EISSN:	1573-7101
Discipline:	Economics Political Science
Subjects:	Volunteer labor Volunteerism Income taxes Voting Public goods Crowding out effect Social expenditures Charitable giving Political parties Liberalism Democratization D30 D64 H41 H31 H44 H11 J22 Public social expenditure Economics / Management Science I38 Voluntary labor supply Volunteering Political consensus Public Finance & Economics Private provision of public goods Political Science, general Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Government & Law Political Science Government finance Expenditures, Public Labor market Analysis Democratization Public social expenditure GOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS PRIVATE Voluntary labor supply CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS Volunteering INCOME UK Political consensus Private provision of public goods DONATIONS LOGIT LABOR
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2012 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS