Estimation of state influence parameters on volunteer behavior model based on analysis of incentive function
Abstract
The article analyzes the behavioral models of the volunteer community, as well as state regulation of the volunteer movement in Russia. The psychological and economic factors of volunteer behavior are studied, based on the generalization of which the prerequisites for creating an economic and mathematical model are formed. The factor of psychological inclination of individuals to volunteer activity is identified, for the characterization of which the concept of inclination to altruism or altruism is introduced. The structure of an economic and mathematical model of volunteer behavior is proposed, integrating altruism and material interest of individuals, which makes it possible to assess the interconnected influence of psychological and material incentives on volunteer activity. The information base of the study was the distribution of the structure of volunteer time aggregated by Rosstat for four reporting periods (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022). As a basic research method, the method of modeling the incentive function was used, the assessment of the coefficients of which makes it possible to calculate the estimate of the incentive fund aimed at encouraging individuals to volunteer activity. A procedure for determining the coefficients of the incentive function has been developed, based on the hypotheses of individual rational behavior and the decreasing nature of the analyzed function. Numerical experiments have been conducted that model the stimulation of volunteer activity in the conditions of Russian society based on volunteer statistics in 2016–2022. Within the framework of the modeling, the coefficients of the incentive function have been determined and the possible volumes of the incentive fund that generate the corresponding volunteer actions have been calculated. As a result, trends in changes in volunteer activity have been identified, and conclusions have been made about the specifics of these processes in the Russian Federation.
About the Author
M. I. Geraskin
Samara National Research University named after academician S.P. Korolev
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Mikhail I. Geraskin – Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Department of Mathematical Methods in Economics
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Geraskin M.I. Estimation of state influence parameters on volunteer behavior model based on analysis of incentive function. Vestnik of Samara State University of Economics. 2025;(3):76-89. (In Russ.)
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