Essays on Volunteering

Volunteer activity is an important part of the lives of Americans. This dissertation uses economic analysis to study volunteering. The first essay examines the impact of mandated service on public school students in Maryland. Proponents of mandates note that individual volunteer activity is correlated over time, and therefore argue that mandates will create lifetime volunteers. Prior studies demonstrate that the observed characteristics of volunteers are different from nonvolunteers. Thus, it is possible that unobserved characteristics drive the correlation in service over time and the policy will not increase future service. Using restricted-access data from the Monitoring the Future project…

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Involuntary Volunteering: The Impact of Mandated Service in Public Schools
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Mandated volunteer service
2.3 The Maryland Service Requirement
2.4 Model
2.5 Data
2.6 Results
A. Eighth-grade results
B. Twelfth Grade Results
2.7 Discussion and Conclusion
Chapter 3: Effects of Survey Nonresponse on Inferences about Volunteer Work
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Methods and Data
3.3 Results
3.4 Conclusion
Chapter 4: Concluding Remarks
Tables
Figures
Appendices
Bibliography

Author: Helms, Sara Ellen

Source: University of Maryland

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