The economics literature on nonprofit utilization of employees and
volunteers is reviewed and synthesized. Economic motivations for
volunteering and accepting volunteers are explored along with inter
actions between gifts of time and of money and the economic value
of volunteer labor. Also examined are factors explaining wage differ
ences between the nonprofit and for-profit sectors and the differential
employment of women and minorities.
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