[eng] In conjunction with research on the not-for-profit sector, there has been a distinct revival of interest in the study of participation in membership organizations among economists and – more generally – social scientists in recent years. While many studies have focused on the...

[fre] Les services informels entre ménages: une dimension méconnue du bénévolat . . Le bénévolat informel est un comportement mal connu et peu reconnu en France. Il est constitué de l’ensemble des services non rémunérés rendus hors du foyer et en dehors de tout cadre organisé....

In this paper, we focus on the role of interpersonal contact and the possibility of a relational motive to explain participation and volunteering in associations. Drawing on the relational goods theory, we show that associational activities are favorable to production and consumption of such...

La réalisation en 2002 et 2010 de deux enquêtes assez proches, la première conduite par l'Insee, la seconde par l'institut BVA pour le compte de la Drees, offre l'opportunité d'étudier la participation associative et sa dynamique en ce début de XXIe siècle. A la lumière des données...

While economists have mainly focused on investment or altruistic motives to explain why people undertake volunteer activities, we rely instead in this paper on the relational motive previously emphasized by social psychologists. Volunteering is seen as a way to build friendly relationships....