Hop in and Drop Out: How are Changes in the Life Course Related to Changes in Volunteering for Humanitarian Organizations?
利用荷兰2008-2022年面板数据，研究生命历程变化（如就业、家庭事件）如何影响人们开始、退出或持续参与人道主义志愿服务，发现志愿者群体流动性大，多数生命事件与开始志愿行为无直接关联。
This article examines to what extent life course changes are associated with the likelihood to start humanitarian volunteering, and how many people start, quit or continue humanitarian volunteering over a longer time period, in the Netherlands. Using rich panel data from 2008 to 2022, we test hypotheses derived from influential theories on resources and role substitution. We find that the volunteer pool of humanitarian organizations is volatile, indicating that the solid core of stayers is small. Most life course changes in people’s lives do not (directly) relate to individuals’ voluntary behavior regarding starting humanitarian volunteering. In contrast, comparisons between respondents are more in line with the literature. We recommend to extend this study to all forms of volunteering to further assess the applicability of static theories when transposed to dynamic within-person transitions.