Does government spending crowd out voluntary labor and donations?

Bredtmann, Julia

doi:10.15185/izawol.299

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“…The relatively stronger role of the external dimensions of the CASP index in countries with low volunteering rates is consistent with explanations based on feelings of necessity and lack of crowding out (Bredtmann 2016). Further investigations of factors connecting volunteering and QoL in countries with low volunteering rates are needed.…”

Section: Conclusion and Discussionsupporting

confidence: 73%

“…This interesting result could be explained by the volunteers' sense of necessity for satisfaction (Cnaan and Cascio 1999) and the Social Origin Theory 1 (Salamon and Anheier 1998). The finding is also in line with a wider phenomenon known as the ''crowdingout'' effect (Day and Devlin 1996;Bredtmann 2016), which proposes that when a public sector provides most of the essential services then what remains for volunteers is not seen as the crucial contribution to public life.…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 73%

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Elderly Volunteering in Europe: The Relationship Between Volunteering and Quality of Life Depends on Volunteering Rates

Okulicz-Kozaryn

Strzelecka

2020

Voluntas

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This paper investigates the effect of volunteering on quality of life (QoL) in 50+ populations across European countries and Israel. We analyzed data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Using the Kendall tau-b correlation coefficients, we show that the extent of effect volunteering has on quality of life is nonlinearly related to the prevalence of volunteering in a given country. The relationship follows an inverted-U-shaped curve. In countries where volunteering is the most popular (Denmark, Switzerland, and Belgium) and in countries with the lowest rates (Poland, Greece, the Czech Republic, and Spain), the correlation between volunteering and one’s quality of life is low. The correlation is high in countries with medium levels of volunteering (Austria, Italy, and Israel). Moreover, volunteering affects more internal than external domains of QoL. These new insights extend the discussion started by Haski-Leventhal (Voluntas Int J Volunt Nonprofit Organ 20:388–404, 2009). Our study is correlational, and we do not claim causality.

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Section: Conclusion and Discussionsupporting

confidence: 73%

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 73%

Elderly Volunteering in Europe: The Relationship Between Volunteering and Quality of Life Depends on Volunteering Rates

Okulicz-Kozaryn

Strzelecka

2020

Voluntas

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“…Previous literature has found that the most common way to address the issue of endogeneity is to implement an instrumental variable strategy (for reviews, see Bredtmann 2016; Ribar and Wilhelm 2002). A few scholars have relied on alternate empirical approaches to address endogeneity such as lagged values and experiments.…”

Section: Empirical Analysis and Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does Foundation Giving Stimulate or Suppress Private Giving? Evidence from a Panel of Canadian Charities

Khovrenkov

2017

Public Finance Review

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As non-governmental providers of public goods, charities are funded by governments and also by individuals and foundations. How do foundation grants to charities affect private donations to these organizations? The standard economic theory on voluntary contributions to the public good hypothesizes that foundation giving will crowd out private donations. An alternative giving dynamic may arise whereby foundations act as complements to private donations because they can provide a signal of charity quality to individuals and thereby influence their decisions to give. This article offers a rigorous empirical analysis of the relationship between foundation and private donations by utilizing a unique data set on Canadian social welfare and community charities matched with their foundation donors. Empirical findings confirm that an additional dollar of foundation grants to charities crowds in private giving by three dollars on average, suggesting that private donors may look to foundation grants for information on charities to make informed giving decisions.

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“…The data used in this study have been extracted from the 9 available waves of the European Social Survey (ESS) from 2002 to 2018 (ESS 2002;2008;2010;2012;2016;2018). For each wave we have created dummy variables to control for time effects.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, higher social expenditure also leads to lower levels of health, happiness and satisfaction, which could be due to the crowding-out effect (Bredtmann, 2016). This effect proposes that when a large proportion of essential services are covered by the state, citizens perceive that their participation is not indispensable, which may influence their subjective well-being by a perception that their contribution to public life is not of much value.…”

Section: Multilevel Logistic Regression Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Civic Participation as a Promoter of Well-Being: Comparative Analysis among European Countries

2022

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Previous research on the direction of the relationship between civic participation and well-being has evidenced that civic participation is a promoter of well-being among older adults in Europe. Accordingly, the objective of the present study is to identify and analyze the differences between European welfare systems regarding both civic participation and well-being. For this purpose, a logistic multilevel regression analysis was performed as an empirical strategy, using the cross-sectional data from the 9 waves of the European Social Survey (2002–2018). Significant differences in well-being were observed, with Anglo-Saxon elders being the healthiest, and the Nordic the happiest and most satisfied with their lives. In contrast, Eastern European seniors reported the lowest levels of well-being. Also, Nordic countries are the most civically engaged, followed by the Continental and Anglo-Saxon, while Mediterranean and Eastern countries engage the least. However, the impact of civic participation on well-being is strongest for the Mediterranean countries, while its impact on satisfaction and happiness is weakest for the Nordic countries. The 3 models of the multilevel analysis indicate that civic participation has a positive impact on health, happiness and life satisfaction, and that this effect is quite robust. Also, by adding country-level macro variables to the model, it is possible to reduce the random effects and hence to better explain these international differences. Concisely, the impact of civic participation on the well-being of the elderly differs across nations and should therefore be considered by policy makers.

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Does government spending crowd out voluntary labor and donations?

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Elderly Volunteering in Europe: The Relationship Between Volunteering and Quality of Life Depends on Volunteering Rates

Elderly Volunteering in Europe: The Relationship Between Volunteering and Quality of Life Depends on Volunteering Rates

Does Foundation Giving Stimulate or Suppress Private Giving? Evidence from a Panel of Canadian Charities

Civic Participation as a Promoter of Well-Being: Comparative Analysis among European Countries

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