Does Government Spending Crowd Out Donations of Time and Money?

The authors examine data on giving and volunteering to determine whether public provision of social services and other public goods affects donations of time and money and provides evidence of crowding out. They find a negative and statistically significant relationship between government spending and donations of money and time. They also find that volunteers have demographic and other characteristics that are associated with high values of time and money.

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Simmons, Walter O. ; Emanuele, Rosemarie
Published in:	Public Finance Review. - Vol. 32.2004, 5, p. 498-511
Subject:	government spending \| crowding out \| donations \| volunteering \| impure altruism

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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