Measuring the economic value of volunteer work globally: Concepts, estimates, and a roadmap to the future

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-252

  Salamon, Lester M ^a   Sokolowski, S Wojciech ^a   Haddock, Megan A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80051965056     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2011.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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