Recent Trends in the Supply and Demand of Volunteers

Marina Schenkel, Paolo Ermano, Domenico Marino

DIES, Udine University, Udine, Italy.
Pau Department, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy.

DOI: 10.4236/ajibm.2014.46039                

Abstract

This work aims at describing the trends observed since the beginning of the crisis in the supply of and demand for volunteers. Few works exist that examine this dynamic, for the lack of recent data, and because the study of the demand for volunteers and for volunteers services is still rather undeveloped. Some hints appear that indicate: 1) an increase in the stock of volunteers, but not in every country, 2) an increase in demand for volunteers services.

Keywords

Volunteering, Economic Crisis, Supply and Demand Side, Welfare State

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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