Social Capital, Volunteering, and Charitable Giving Export

@article{citeulike:3497950, abstract = {Abstract\ \ This paper explores the impact of social capital—measured by social trust and social networks—on individual charitable giving to religious and secular organizations. Using United States data from the national sample of the 2000 Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, we find that social trust, bridging social network, and civic engagement increase the amount of giving to both religious and secular causes. In contrast, organizational activism only affects secular giving. Volunteering activity, and human and financial capital indicators positively affect both religious and secular giving. Finally, those who are happy about their lives and those who are religious give more to religious causes, but these factors do not affect secular giving. We find evidence of important differences in the determinants of religious and secular giving, suggesting the need to distinguish these two types of charitable giving in future work.}, author = {Wang, Lili and Graddy, Elizabeth}, citeulike-article-id = {3497950}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11266-008-9055-y}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/l2u6951g03tt6762}, day = {29}, doi = {10.1007/s11266-008-9055-y}, journal = {Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations}, keywords = {social\_capital, volunteer, volunteering\_religious, volunteering\_united\_states}, month = {March}, number = {1}, pages = {23--42}, posted-at = {2008-11-09 12:56:28}, priority = {2}, title = {Social Capital, Volunteering, and Charitable Giving}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11266-008-9055-y}, volume = {19}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3497950 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3497950 N2 - Abstract  This paper explores the impact of social capital—measured by social trust and social networks—on individual charitable giving to religious and secular organizations. Using United States data from the national sample of the 2000 Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, we find that social trust, bridging social network, and civic engagement increase the amount of giving to both religious and secular causes. In contrast, organizational activism only affects secular giving. Volunteering activity, and human and financial capital indicators positively affect both religious and secular giving. Finally, those who are happy about their lives and those who are religious give more to religious causes, but these factors do not affect secular giving. We find evidence of important differences in the determinants of religious and secular giving, suggesting the need to distinguish these two types of charitable giving in future work. IS - 1 JF - Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations EP - 42 TI - Social Capital, Volunteering, and Charitable Giving VL - 19 SP - 23 KW - social_capital KW - volunteer KW - volunteering_religious KW - volunteering_united_states AU - Wang, Lili AU - Graddy, Elizabeth PY - 2008/03/29/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11266-008-9055-y ER -