Are church and state substitutes? Evidence from the 1996 welfare reform
Abstract
Churches provide community services similar to those provided by the government, but there has been no convincing analysis of the extent to which church activity can substitute for government activity. To address this important issue, this paper uses a new panel data set of Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations to regress both church-member donations and a church's community spending on a number of variables, including government welfare...
Paper Details
Title
Are church and state substitutes? Evidence from the 1996 welfare reform
Published Date
Dec 1, 2005
Journal
Volume
89
Issue
11-12
Pages
2245 - 2267
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