Doing Well by Doing Good: Volunteering and Occupational Achievement among American Women
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Wilson, J; Musick, M
Published in: Sociological Quarterly
January 1, 2003
The popular assumption that volunteer work helps people get good jobs is tested using panel data from the Young Women's Module of the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience. Volunteering while a young adult has no effect on whether women will be working for pay eighteen years later, but it has a positive effect on the occupational status of those who are. Length of time spent in the labor force between early adulthood and middle age suppresses the positive effect of volunteering on occupational status. A separate analysis of women who display more commitment to working for pay by being in the labor force in both 1973 and 1991 shows the same positive effect of volunteer work on occupational status.
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Sociological Quarterly
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0038-0253
Publication Date
January 1, 2003
Volume
44
Issue
3
Related Subject Headings
- Sociology
- 4410 Sociology
- 1608 Sociology
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Wilson, J., & Musick, M. (2003). Doing Well by Doing Good: Volunteering and Occupational Achievement among American Women. Sociological Quarterly, 44(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1533-8525.2003.tb00540.x
Wilson, J., and M. Musick. “Doing Well by Doing Good: Volunteering and Occupational Achievement among American Women.” Sociological Quarterly 44, no. 3 (January 1, 2003). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1533-8525.2003.tb00540.x.
Wilson J, Musick M. Doing Well by Doing Good: Volunteering and Occupational Achievement among American Women. Sociological Quarterly. 2003 Jan 1;44(3).
Wilson, J., and M. Musick. “Doing Well by Doing Good: Volunteering and Occupational Achievement among American Women.” Sociological Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 3, Jan. 2003. Scopus, doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.2003.tb00540.x.
Wilson J, Musick M. Doing Well by Doing Good: Volunteering and Occupational Achievement among American Women. Sociological Quarterly. 2003 Jan 1;44(3).
Published In
Sociological Quarterly
DOI
ISSN
0038-0253
Publication Date
January 1, 2003
Volume
44
Issue
3
Related Subject Headings
- Sociology
- 4410 Sociology
- 1608 Sociology