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14. Introduction

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Acocella, Nicola, Leoni, Riccardo, Caroleo, F. E., editor, Destefanis, S., editor, Acocella, Nicola, editor, and Leoni, Riccardo, editor

Published
2007
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15. The Productivity of Volunteer Labour: DEA-Based Evidence from Italy

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Ornella Wanda Maietta, Sergio Destefanis, DESTEFANIS S., MUSELLA M., Destefanis, S., and Maietta, ORNELLA WANDA

Subjects
Labour economics, productivity measurement, Shadow price, voluntary work, Social Welfare, Human capital, demand for volunteer labour, Turnover, Demand curve, social capital, Marginal product, Economics, Productivity, Social capital
Abstract

This paper analyzes the relatively novel concept of a downward-sloping demand for volunteer labour, using data from the Italian social services sector. Both descriptive and econometric evidence shows that the price of volunteer labour (proxied by its shadow price obtained through DEA) is negatively related to the number of volunteer hours. Furthermore, the demand for volunteer labour is higher in areas relatively well endowed with social capital, where there is also evidence that organizations refrain from substituting volunteers for paid workers when the latter become more expensive. According to our results, the productivity of voluntary labour is higher in social capital-rich regions, where more motivated and skilful volunteers are drawn from a relatively larger pool.

Published
2009
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16. Wage Effects of Recruitment Methods: The Case of the Italian Social Service Sector

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PASTORE, Francesco, F, MOSCA, S. Destefanis, M. Musella, Mosca, Michele, F., Pastore, DESTEFANIS S., MUSELLA M., Pastore, Francesco, and F, Mosca

Subjects
Labour economics, Public organization, Nonprofit organization, Social work, media_common.quotation_subject, Recruitment method, Novelty, Wage, Social Welfare, Wage effect, Business, Recruitment methods, Wage differentials, media_common
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This essay analyzes the role of different recruitment channels, and of informal networks in particular, on wage structures across various organization types in the Italian social service sector. While the impact of recruitment methods on wages has been addressed in several previous contributions, none of them focuses on social services. Comparison of outcomes across organization types within the same sector is in itself another novelty, as compared to previous studies that generally focus on differences across sectors or, more recently, across countries. The main findings are that nonprofit organizations prefer informal recruitment methods to better select the most motivated workers, namely those workers who share the nonprofit mission. Furthermore the impact of informal contacts on the wage structure explains much of the unobserved wage differentials across organization type. © 2009 Physica-Verlag Heidelberg.

Published
2009
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