Marlou Ramaekers
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Marlou Ramaekers
@marlouramaekers.bsky.social
Postdoc Giving in the Netherlands (Sociology, VU Amsterdam) | Selection into informal helping, unpaid care & volunteering

Data management Giving in the Netherlands Panel Survey & Corporate Giving in the Netherlands | Data sharing = caring

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The article shows that neighbors are motivated to help each other by direct reciprocity, indirect reciprocity and the necessity of help. Moreover, people are motivated more strongly by the anticipation of reciprocity when the neighbors are characterized as unhelpful.
January 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
My paper 'Why Neighbors Would Help: A Vignette Experiment on Reciprocity in Informal Helping' with Tanja van der Lippe and Belle Derks has found a home in the first 2025 issue of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly! doi.org/10.1177/0899...
January 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We find that people whose partner engages in informal helping have a higher likelihood to engage in informal helping as well. This difference is visible regardless of recipient (kin or non-kin) and gender (4/6)
January 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
On my way back from Barcelona where I enjoyed the wonderful weather, swam in a rooftop pool, celebrated my 29th birthday, ate lots of patatas bravas and presented work with @klararaiber.bsky.social on intentions to provide care to neighbors at #ECSR2024

(not in order of most enjoyable)
September 16, 2024 at 10:18 AM