Civic Engagement and Community Heterogeneity: An Economist's Perspective

By Dora L. Costa, Matthew E. Kahn. Perspectives on Politics, 2003

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Subfields: Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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Cities, Territories, and Inclusive Growth: Unraveling Urban–Rural Linkages in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico (2015, background): “However, it can also lead to social fragmentation (Anderson & Paskeviciute, 2006; Newton & Delhey, 2005) with a consequent negative eﬀect on growth (Alesina, Baqir, & Easterly, 1999; Costa & Kahn, 2003).”
The State and the Development of Social Trust (2008, background): “It is generally assumed that increased diversity is associated with lower social capital and social trust (Alesina and La Ferrara, 2002; Costa and Kahn, 2003; Delhey and Newton, 2005; Knack and Keefer, 1997).”
Why Some Rural Places Prosper and Others Do Not (2009, background): “Alesina and La Ferrara (2000) found less social participation in more fragmented metropolitan areas; Costa and Kahn (2003a, 2003b) associated declines in social capital with increased heterogeneity of metropolitan areas; Rupasingha, Goetz, and Freshwater (2006) found less social capital with more…”
Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance (2005, unknown): “However, an argument that goes back as far as the Founding Fathers is that a country composed of many small groups may actually be more stable than one composed by two equally sized ones, which are more likely to be in direct conflict with each other.(42)”
Inequality and public good provision: An experimental analysis (2008, background): “In a study of shirking within companies of the Union Army, Costa and Kahn (2003c) report desertions and other acts of cowardice are positively associated with group heterogeneity based on income, ethnicity, occupation or age, albeit not significantly so for income inequality.”
Identity and in-group/out-group differentiation in work and giving behaviors: Experimental evidence (2009, background): “…diversity and variety (e.g., Eckel and Grossman, 2005; Page, 2007) However, identity is also the basis for discrimination and hatred, exclusion, enmity, sports riots, national and religious wars, ethnic ‘cleansing’ and extermination, distrust and conflict (e.g., Costa and Kahn, 2003; Putnam, 2007).”
Institutional Performance and Social Capital: An Application to the Local Government Level (2005, methodology): “…in previous work: through population mobility (i.e., in- and outward migration as percentage of total population), percentage of the population over 65 and percentage of non-Belgian nationality (Alesina & La Ferrara, 2000; Breda, Schoenmaekers, & van Geel, 2003; Costa & Kahn, 2003; Glaeser, 2001).”
Do greens drive Hummers or hybrids? Environmental ideology as a determinant of consumer choice (2007, unknown): “Social capital studies have assumed that more homogenous groups feature higher levels of social capital [6,2].”
Why do People Vote? A Psychological Analysis of the Causes of Voter Turnout (2008, unknown): “However, most available evidence suggests the opposite: diverse political environments seem to decrease people’s motivation and/or ability to vote (Costa & Kahn, 2004; McClurg, 2006; Mutz, 2002a,b).”