A similar effect of volunteering and pensions on subjective wellbeing of elderly

IF 2.1 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics & Sociology Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI:10.14254/2071-789x.2021/14-2/1

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, L. Morawski

引用次数: 1

Abstract

DOI: 10.14254/2071789X.2021/14-2/1 ABSTRACT. We study the effect of pensions and volunteering on subjective wellbeing (SWB) of elderly using the latest wave 6 of Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). This is the first study to consider pensions and volunteering simultaneously as determinants of SWB among elderly. We find that the effect of volunteering on SWB is not much smaller or indeed about as large as that of pensions. The most SWB is associated with volunteering about every week, but there is already a substantial effect even if one volunteers only about every month. We also find that the higher the income or wealth, but not pension, the lower the effect of volunteering – there may be higher opportunity cost for richer people to engage in volunteering. High European pensions may be unsustainable in the long run – we argue that promotion of volunteering is one way to increase elderly’s subjective wellbeing amidst tightening budgets.

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志愿服务和养老金对老年人主观幸福感的影响类似

DOI: 10.14254 / 2071789 x。2021/14-2/1抽象。我们利用最新一期的欧洲健康、老龄化和退休调查(SHARE)研究了养老金和志愿服务对老年人主观幸福感(SWB)的影响。这是第一个将养老金和志愿服务同时视为老年人主观幸福感决定因素的研究。我们发现，志愿服务对SWB的影响并不比养老金小多少，甚至与养老金差不多大。大多数的SWB与每周志愿活动有关，但即使一个人每月志愿活动也已经产生了实质性的影响。我们还发现，收入或财富越高，志愿服务的效果越低，但不包括养老金，富人从事志愿服务的机会成本可能更高。从长远来看，欧洲的高养老金可能是不可持续的——我们认为，在预算紧缩的情况下，促进志愿服务是提高老年人主观幸福感的一种方式。

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Economics & Sociology ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

6.70%

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审稿时长

24 weeks

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