Beyond the Classroom: The Implications of School Vouchers for Church Finances
研究了教育券如何影响运营学校的宗教组织的财务，发现教育券虽为教会提供稳定资金、防止关闭，但导致捐赠和非教育收入显著下降。
Abstract Governments have used vouchers to spend billions of dollars on private education; much of this has gone to religiously affiliated schools. We explore the possibility that vouchers could alter the financial outcomes of religious organizations that are operating schools and thus have an impact on the spiritual, moral, and social fabric of communities. Using a data set of Catholic parish finances from Milwaukee, we show that vouchers are a dominant source of funding for many churches. Vouchers appear to offer financial stability for congregations as voucher expansion prevents church closures and mergers. However, voucher expansion causes significant declines in church donations and church revenue from noneducational sources.