Volunteering in the context of unpaid work and human capital development

The aim of the contribution is to assess the scope of volunteering within unpaid work in Slovakia and analyse the factors that relate to volunteering and other unpaid work within and outside households. In relation to unpaid work and volunteering, the paper willfocus on the quality of human capital as both a determinant and a result of these two phenomena. The level of human capital will be based on the level of employment. The effects of volunteering can be determined in terms of the monetary value of the work that has been performed as well as in the terms of the non-monetary (non-commodified) assets such as the quality of life, skills and networks, i.e. the human and social capital. The paid work and unpaid work as indicators of these two phenomena also relate to each other and determine the prospects of regional development.