Why volunteer? Evidence on the role of altruism, image, and incentives

We examine motivations for prosocial behavior using new data on volunteer firefighters that contain a dictator game based measure of altruism, surveyed measures of other behavioral factors, and call records that provide an objective measure of time spent volunteering. Controlling for a variety of ot...

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Published in:Journal of public economics 2010-12, Vol.94 (11), p.911-920
Main Authors: Carpenter, Jeffrey, Myers, Caitlin Knowles
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Altruism
Correlation
Extrinsic motivation
Financial incentives
Firefighter
Game theory
Social status
Voluntary work
Volunteer
Volunteer Altruism Image Extrinsic motivation Firefighter
Work motivation
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