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Urban Sprawl and Social Capital: Evidence from Indonesian Cities / Andrea Civelli, Arya Gaduh, Alexander D. Rothenberg, Yao Wang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Civelli, Andrea.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w30068.
- NBER working paper series no. w30068
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2022.
- Summary:
- We use detailed data from Indonesian cities to study how variation in density within urban areas affects social capital. For identification, we instrument density with soil characteristics, and control for community averages of observed characteristics. Under plausible assumptions, these controls address sorting on observables and unobservables. We find that lower density increases trust in neighbors and community participation. We also find that lower density is associated with lower interethnic tolerance, but this relationship is explained by sorting. Heterogeneity analysis suggests that crime in dense areas undermines community trust and participation, intensifying the negative impact of density.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- May 2022.
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