dc.contributor.author | Freeman, Richard Barry | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-12-20T19:54:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1997 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Freeman, Richard Barry. 1997. Working for nothing: The supply of volunteer labor. Journal of Labor Economics 15(1) Part 2: S140-S166. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0734-306X | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4632239 | |
dc.description.abstract | Volunteer activity is work performed without monetary recompense. This article shows that volunteering is a sizeable economic activity in the United States, that volunteers have high skills and opportunity costs of time, that standard labor supply explanations of volunteering account for only a minor part of volunteer behavior, and that many volunteer only when requested to do so. This suggests that volunteering is a "conscience good or activity"-something that people feel morally obligated to do when asked, but which they would just as soon let someone else do. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Economics | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Chicago Press | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | doi:10.1086/209859 | en_US |
dash.license | LAA | |
dc.title | Working for Nothing: The Supply of Volunteer Labor | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
dc.description.version | Version of Record | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Journal of Labor Economics | en_US |
dash.depositing.author | Freeman, Richard Barry | |
dc.date.available | 2010-12-20T19:54:53Z | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1086/209859 | * |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Freeman, Richard | |