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Determinants of Voluntary Contributions in Thailand |
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| รหัสดีโอไอ | |
| Creator | Amornrat Apinunmahakul |
| Title | Determinants of Voluntary Contributions in Thailand |
| Publisher | School of Development Economic |
| Publication Year | 2558 |
| Journal Title | Development Economic Review |
| Journal Vol. | 9 |
| Journal No. | 2 |
| Page no. | 31 |
| Keyword | Private Contribution, Social Capital, Volunteer, Government Spending on Religious |
| ISSN | 1906-2540 |
| Abstract | This study aims to examine an individual's decision on giving in-cash, in-kind, and time volunteer in Thailand using the MutivariateProbit model so as to determine the correlation of these three methods of giving from an individual's perspective. Using a survey data of 2,557 observationsfrom 19provincesnationwideconductedduring April toJune2011, thestudyfound that an individual's decision of money donation and time volunteer and the decision of in-kind donation and time volunteer are significantly positively correlated, whilst an individual's decisions of money and in-kind donations are not correlated.Furthermore, the study found that an individual's level of social capital in particular the formal and informal social networks as well as religious networking have positive influence on an individual's decision to give; for social networksareinformationchannel thathelppeopletolearnaboutproblemsandtheneedsofothers intheir society. Governmenthenceshouldpromotesocialnetworkaccumulationbyencouraging community'sactivities forat leastoncea month. Sincegovernment spendingonreligious crowds out private contributions, government might consider reallocate its budget from the provision of public goods to steering the community social networking instead. |
