An Input-Output Analysis of the Nonprofit Sector in the USA and Germany

  • This paper presents an exploratory input–output analysis of the nonprofit sectors in former West Germany and the USA based on the conceptual and data structure provided by the System of National Accounts. When compared with the USA, the West German nonprofit sector catered more to government demands. A higher proportion of West German nonprofit services went to government and a smaller proportion went to households. In terms of the multiplier effect of nonprofit output, we find that an additional dollar of nonprofit services delivered to households and/or government induced indirectly an additional 83 cents of business output in the USA. By comparison, West Germany’s nonprofit sector had a lower multiplier effect, with 43 Pfennig per DM1. We also find that businesses have a much larger stake in nonprofit production as intermediate suppliers when compared to their role as intermediate consumers. The economic position the nonprofit sector occupies in both countries is that of a producing sector, taking inputs from businesses and providing outputs for households and governments. This general structural characteristic suggests that the nonprofit sector is particularly sensitive to changes in government policies as well as to shifts in private household incomes, yet relatively insensitive to demand changes in other industries.

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author(s):Helmut K. Anheier, Gabriel Rudney
Parent Title (English):Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
ISSN:1467-8292
Publisher:Springer
Place of Publisher:Hoboken (N.J.)
Publication year:1998
First Page:5
Last Page:31
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8292.00071
Release Date:2015/06/18
Volume:69
Issue:1
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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