Is volunteering rewarding in itself?

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Is volunteering rewarding in itself?

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ID	48134
Author(s)	Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois
Author(s) at UniBasel	Stutzer, Alois
Year	2008
Title	Is volunteering rewarding in itself?
Journal	Economica
Volume	75
Number	297
Pages / Article-Number	39-59
Abstract	Volunteering constitutes one of the most important pro-social activities. Following Aristotle, helping others is the way to higher individual wellbeing. This view contrasts with the selfish utility maximizer, who avoids helping others. The two rival views are studied empirically. We find robust evidence that volunteers are more satisfied with their life than non-volunteers. The issue of causality is studied from the basis of the collapse of East Germany and its infrastructure of volunteering. People who lost their opportunities for volunteering are compared with people who experienced no change in their volunteer status.
Publisher	London School of Economics and Political Science
ISSN/ISBN	0013-0427
edoc-URL	http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A5248951
Full Text on edoc	Restricted
Digital Object Identifier DOI	10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00597.x
ISI-Number	000251983900003
Document type (ISI)	Article

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