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100			_aVelassco, Kristopher et al _911954
245			_aDo national service programs improve subjective well-being in communities?
260			_bAmerican Review of Public Administration
300			_a49(3), Apr, 2019: p.275-291.
520			_aSince the creation of Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) in 1964 and AmeriCorps in 1993, a stated goal of national service programs has been to strengthen the overall health of communities across the United States. But whether national service programs have such community effects remains an open question. Using longitudinal cross-lagged panel and change-score models from 2005 to 2013, this study explores whether communities with national service programs exhibit greater subjective well-being. We use novel measures of subjective well-being derived from tweeted expressions of emotions, engagement, and relationships in 1,347 U.S. counties. Results show that national service programs improve subjective well-being primarily by mitigating threats to well-being and communities that exhibit more engagement are better able to attract national service programs. Although limited in size, these persistent effects are robust to multiple threats to inference and provide important new evidence on how national service improves communities in the United States. - Reproduced.
650			_aNational Service Programs _911955
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
906			_aHealth services - United States
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