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Volunteer labor supply in The Netherlands

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The main aim of this paper is to provide insight in the determinants of the decision to participate (yes or no) in volunteer work and the decision with regard to the number of hours spent on volunteer work. These decisions are empirically analyzed with Dutch microdata for 1982 by means of a logit and a tobit model. The results indicate that age, education, family culture and the position on the labor market in combination with sex are important determinants of volunteer labor supply.

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  1. Faculty of Spatial Sciences and Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Ronald Boin

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  1. Jouke Van Dijk
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The authors wish to thank an anonymous referee for helpful comments on an earlier draft.

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Van Dijk, J., Boin, R. Volunteer labor supply in The Netherlands. De Economist 141, 402–418 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01717407

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