NEGATIVE PUBLICITY AND CATHOLIC SCHOOLS |
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| Authors: | ANGELA K. DILLS REY HERNÁNDEZ‐JULIÁN |
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| Affiliation: | Dills: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Providence College, 1 Cunningham Square, Providence, RI 02918. Phone (410) 865‐2590, Fax (401) 865‐12964, E‐mail adills@providence.edu |
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| Abstract: | Between 1990 and 2007, the number of Catholic schools in the United States decreased by 14% and enrollment diminished by 7%. We generate two measures of publicity of sexual abuse at the diocesan level—public disclosure and news coverage. Dioceses with higher rates of negative publicity had a larger decline in both the number of Catholic schools and overall Catholic school enrollment. We estimate that publicity arising from sexual offenders within the Church explains 5% of the decline in the availability of Catholic schooling. (JEL I21, H52, H44) |
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