Download This PaperEnvironmental Participation and Environmental Motivation
47 Pages Posted: 12 Jan 2009
Date Written: December 9, 2008
Abstract
We explore whether environmental motivation affects environmental behavior by focusing on volunteering. The paper first introduces a theoretical model of volunteering in environmental organizations. In a next step, it tests the hypothesis working with a large micro data set covering 32 countries from both Western and Eastern Europe using several different proxies to measure environmental motivation. Our results indicate that environmental motivation has a strong impact on individuals' voluntary engagement in environmental organizations. A higher level of environmental motivation due to higher environmental moral standards may lead to a stronger voluntary involvement in environmental organizations.
Keywords: Environmental Participation, Environmental Motivation, Environmental Morale, Pro-environmental Attitudes, Social Capital
JEL Classification: D11, H41, H26, H73, D64
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CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
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