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Title: Church Membership and Social Insurance: Evidence from the American South

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: We examine the e¤ect of increased demand for social insurance on church membership. Our empirical strategy exploits the di¤erential impact of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 across counties to identify a shock to the demand for social insurance. We …nd that ‡ooded counties experienced a signi…cant increase in church membership. Consistent with economic theories about determinants of membership of religious organizations, our result suggests that local churches provided ex-post insurance for the needy and in return gained new members.

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Authors: Ager, Philipp; Hansen, Casper Worm; Lønstrup, Lars

Series Title: Discussion Papers Department of Economics University of Copenhagen

Publication Number: 14-29

Institution: University of Copenhagen

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