Universität zu Köln

Youssim, Iaroslav ORCID: 0000-0002-6728-3688, Hank, Karsten ORCID: 0000-0003-1844-7612 and Litwin, Howard (2015). The Role of Family Social Background and Inheritance in Later Life Volunteering: Evidence From SHARE-Israel. Res. Aging, 37 (1). S. 3 - 18. THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1552-7573

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Building on a tripartite model of capitals necessary to perform productive activities and on work suggesting that cumulative (dis-)advantage processes are important mechanisms for life course inequalities, our study set out to investigate the potential role of family social background and inheritance in later life volunteering. We hypothesized that older individuals who inherited work-relevant economic and cultural capitals from their family of origin are more likely to be engaged in voluntary activities than their counterparts with a less advantageous family social background. Our main findings from the analysis of a representative sample of community-dwelling Israelis aged 50 and over provide strong support for this hypothesis: the likelihood to volunteer is significantly higher among those who received substantial financial transfers from their family of origin (inherited economic capital) and among those having a white collar parental background (inherited cultural capital). We conclude with perspectives for future research.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Youssim, Iaroslav UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6728-3688 UNSPECIFIED Hank, Karsten UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-1844-7612 UNSPECIFIED Litwin, Howard UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-418249
DOI:	10.1177/0164027513519450
Journal or Publication Title:	Res. Aging
Volume:	37
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 3 - 18
Date:	2015
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	1552-7573
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION; WEALTH; INEQUALITY; DISPARITIES; BENEFIT; EUROPE; HEALTH; MIDDLE; AGE Multiple languages Gerontology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/41824