Abstract
There has been a steady increase in research studying the role of gender in prosocial behavior, such as charitable giving and volunteering. We provide an extensive review of the interdisciplinary literature and derive hypotheses about three different pathways that lead men and women to differ in their display of giving and volunteering: pathways through social capital, motivations, and resources. We test these hypotheses across 19 countries by analyzing 28,410 individuals, using generalized structural equation models. Our results support previous research, conducted in single countries, that there are distinct different pathways that lead men and women to engage in giving and volunteering: Women report stronger motivations to help others, but men report more of the financial resources that make giving and volunteering possible. The gendered pathways to giving and volunteering that lead through social capital, educational achievement, and financial security vary by country.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5-28 |
| Journal | Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Pamala Wiepking’s work on this article was supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) (Grant number: veni-451-09-022). Pamala Wiepking’s position as Visiting Stead Family Chair in International Philanthropy and Visiting Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies is funded through a donation from Mary Joy and Jerre Stead to the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and Pamala Wiepking’s position as Professor of Societal Significance of Charitable Lotteries at VU Amsterdam is funded by the Postcode Lottery.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
Funding
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Pamala Wiepking’s work on this article was supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) (Grant number: veni-451-09-022). Pamala Wiepking’s position as Visiting Stead Family Chair in International Philanthropy and Visiting Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies is funded through a donation from Mary Joy and Jerre Stead to the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and Pamala Wiepking’s position as Professor of Societal Significance of Charitable Lotteries at VU Amsterdam is funded by the Postcode Lottery.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | veni-451-09-022 |
| Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek |
Keywords
- comparative
- gender
- giving
- philanthropy
- prosocial behavior
