Doing good when times are bad: volunteering behaviour in economic hard times
Doing good when times are bad: volunteering behaviour in economic hard times
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DOI：
10.1111/1468-4446.12122
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发表时间：
2015-06-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Laurence, James
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作者：
Lim, Chaeyoon;Laurence, James
本文探讨了2008- 2009年经济衰退如何影响英国的志愿服务行为。使用大型调查数据集，我们评估了经济衰退对正式志愿服务和非正式帮助行为的影响。虽然自2008年以来，英国的正式志愿服务和非正式帮助都在下降，但非正式帮助的下降幅度明显大于正式志愿服务。在经济衰退期间失业率较高的地区以及在社会和经济上处于不利地位的社区，失业率下降的情况更为突出。然而，我们发现，越来越多的人亲身经历了财务不安全和困难，并不能解释这种下降。我们认为，这种下降更多地与社区层面的因素有关，如公民组织基础设施和信任和参与的文化规范，而不是个人经历的经济困难。
This paper examines how the 2008-9 recession has affected volunteering behaviours in the UK. Using a large survey dataset, we assess the recession effects on both formal volunteering and informal helping behaviours. Whilst both formal volunteering and informal helping have been in decline in the UK since 2008, the size of the decline is significantly larger for informal helping than for formal volunteering. The decline is more salient in regions that experienced a higher level of unemployment during the recession and also in socially and economically disadvantaged communities. However, we find that a growing number of people who personally experienced financial insecurity and hardship do not explain the decline. We argue that the decline has more to do with community-level factors such as civic organizational infrastructure and cultural norms of trust and engagement than personal experiences of economic hardship.