Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/200818 
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Year of Publication: 
2018
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[Journal:] KDI Journal of Economic Policy [ISSN:] 2586-4130 [Volume:] 40 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Korea Development Institute (KDI) [Place:] Sejong [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 31-43
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Korea Development Institute (KDI), Sejong
Abstract: 
There is a large amount of empirical literature reporting that people who regularly attend religious services tend to have better health outcomes. However, it remains an unanswered question as to whether the observed correlation reflects any causality. Exploiting exogenous changes in church attendance driven by law changes in 21 states of the U.S., I find tentative but suggestive evidence that the observed strong correlation between religious participation and health is likely to be driven by endogenous selection.
Subjects: 
U.S.
Religious Participation
Subjective Health
Blue Law
Causal Inference
Instrumental Variable
JEL: 
I18
Z12
K20
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