Trust and Volunteering: Selection or Causation? Evidence From a 4 Year Panel Study

Bekkers, René

doi:10.1007/s11109-011-9165-x

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“…For example, the individual-level relationship between social ties and volunteering is likely reciprocal as volunteering strengthens existing ties or leads to new acquaintances. But Bekkers (2012) investigated the individual-level relationship between trust and volunteering over time and found that trust leads to volunteering and not vice versa. It seems reasonable to surmise that same would be true at the regional level, where endogeneity, although still possible, is less of a concern.…”

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Social Capital and Generosity

Glanville

Paxton

Wang

2015

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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Although much is known about the individual-level predictors of volunteering, charitable giving, and informal helping, less is known about how the characteristics of communities shape generosity. In this article, we assess the predicted effects of both individual-and contextual-level social capital (social networks and generalized trust) on three forms of generous behavior using the European Social Survey, which provides complete data on over 30,000 respondents in 160 regions in 19 countries. The results suggest that regional-level trust is associated with more volunteering and donating to charities. In addition, regional-level social capital (the combination of trust and social ties) predicts greater volunteering. The relationship between contextuallevel social capital and informal helping is weaker.

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Social Capital and Generosity

Glanville

Paxton

Wang

2015

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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“…However, one cannot rule out the reverse causality and the possible existence of a selection effect. This has been shown to exist, for example, for the relationship between social trust (a major aspects stressed by the social capital theory) and participation (Bekkers 2012;Sønderskov 2011;Stolle 1998). …”

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Associational Involvement, Social Capital and the Political Participation of Ethno-Religious Minorities: The Case of Muslims in Switzerland

Giugni¹,

Michel²,

Gianni³

2013

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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This paper looks at the determinants of the political participation of Muslims. We assess the impact of associational involvement on their overall political participation and their involvement in protest activities. We do so using original survey data consisting of a random sample of Muslim residents in Switzerland. Our analysis provides support to the argument that associational involvement is a strong predictor of political participation. The findings suggest that Muslims involved in cross-ethnic organisations are more likely to engage in politics. This holds for the overall political participation and for engagement in protest activities. In terms of social capital theory, our findings confirm that bridging social capital is as crucial when it comes to explaining the political participation of Muslims as it is when dealing with migrants in general. However, we also observe a positive impact of the involvement in religious associations. We interpret this effect as an indication that bonding social capital plays a role in the political participation of ethno-religious minorities, but one based on a religious rather than an ethnic cleavage. Future research should pay more attention to this relationship.

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“…While this theoretical conjecture leaves room for optimism with regard to raising social trust, the empirical evidence for the proposition that participation in voluntary organizations furthers trust is sparseespecially when reverse causality (i.e. trust leading to participation) is taken into account (Bekkers 2012;Claibourn and Martin 2000;Stolle 2001;Uslaner 2002;van Ingen and Bekkers 2015). Nannestad (2008, p. 423) eloquently summarizes this in his review of research on social [generalized] trust: ''It seems that most empirical studies have not been kind to the civic society explanation of generalized trust, and that this is true especially for studies addressing endogeneity problems properly.''…”

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Trusting the State, Trusting Each Other? The Effect of Institutional Trust on Social Trust

2015

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Trust in state institutions is a prominent explanation of social trust. However, previous-mainly cross-sectional-analyses provide limited causal evidence regarding the relationship between institutional trust and social trust and it is thus essentially unknown whether an observed relationship reflects reverse causality (social trust forming institutional trust), or both forms of trust reflecting deep-seated dispositions (common confounding). Against the backdrop of the shortcomings of previous cross-sectional analyses, this paper utilizes two Danish panel surveys containing measures of both types of trust for the same individuals surveyed at multiple points in time over a long time-span (up to 18 years) to address the potentially reverse and/or spurious relationship. Using individual fixed effects and cross-lagged panel models, the results provide strong evidence of trust in state institutions exercising a causal impact on social trust, whereas the evidence for a reverse relationship is limited.

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Trust and Volunteering: Selection or Causation? Evidence From a 4 Year Panel Study

Cited by 112 publications

References 49 publications

Social Capital and Generosity

Social Capital and Generosity

Associational Involvement, Social Capital and the Political Participation of Ethno-Religious Minorities: The Case of Muslims in Switzerland

Trusting the State, Trusting Each Other? The Effect of Institutional Trust on Social Trust

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