Measuring the Size of the “Third Pillar”
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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Balancing the state and the market,
the third pillar (i.e., any association of people that is
neither public nor private) is a key sector in society. In
contrast to the first two pillars (the public sector and the
private sector), the third pillar has received very little
attention in academic and policy debates. This paper aims to
facilitate research on the third pillar’s relevance by
constructing the first global dataset on the size of the
third pillar, including estimates for 120 countries. Results
show that the size of the third pillar is substantial, both
when measured as third pillar time (TPT) or third pillar
participation (TPP). Global TPT is equivalent to 5.1 percent
of total employment, more than half of the global
agricultural sector. Moreover, findings indicate that TPP
equals 13.4 percent, suggesting that more than one person in
eight of the world’s adult population is active as a
volunteer in the third pillar.
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THIRD PILLAR, LABOR MARKET, VOLUNTEERING, MACHINE LEARNING