Volunteer Work, Informal Help, and Care among the 50+ in Europe: Further Evidence for ‘Linked’ Productive Activities at Older Ages
Hank, Karsten
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Stuck, Stephanie
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https://ub-madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/1543
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URN:
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-15439
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Document Type:
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Working paper
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Year of publication:
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2007
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The title of a journal, publication series:
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MEA Discussion Papers
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Volume:
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142
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Place of publication:
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Mannheim
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Publication language:
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English
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Institution:
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School of Law and Economics > Sonstige - Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaft und Volkswirtschaftslehre
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MADOC publication series:
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Veröffentlichungen des MEA (Mannheim Research Institute For the Economics of Aging) > MEA Discussion Papers
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Subject:
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300 Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
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Subject headings (SWD):
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SHARE <Projekt> , Älterer Mensch , Ehrenamtliche Tätigkeit , Betreuung , Produktivität
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Abstract:
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Taking a cross-national perspective, we investigate linkages between volunteer work, informal help, and care among Europeans aged 50 or older. Based on 27,305 personal interviews from the 2004 Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, we estimate univariate and multivariate probit models, which allow us to analyze the interrelationship between different productive activities. There is substantial variation in the participation in volunteering, helping, and caring between countries and regions. Independent of the general level of activity in a country, we find evidence for a complementary andAbstract: Taking a cross-national perspective, we investigate linkages between volunteer work, informal help, and care among Europeans aged 50 or older. Based on 27,305 personal interviews from the 2004 Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, we estimate univariate and multivariate probit models, which allow us to analyze the interrelationship between different productive activities. There is substantial variation in the participation in volunteering, helping, and caring between countries and regions. Independent of the general level of activity in a country, we find evidence for a complementary and interdependent relationship between all three activities. Our findings not only suggest an important role of societal opportunity structures in elders' productive engagement, but also support notions of the existence of a general motivation for engagement in productive activities.
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