DIVERSITY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD SATISFACTION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Langella, Monica; Manning, Alan
• 署名单位: University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/uez030
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 3219-3255
• 关键词: Ethnic diversity; sample selection; Social cohesion; generalized trust; immigrant inflows; white flight; crime; segregation; US; Heterogeneity

摘要

This article investigates the impact of ethnic diversity on individuals' satisfaction with their neighbourhoods. It uses panel data and a variety of empirical methods to control for potential endogeneity of diversity and of location choices. We find that a higher white share raises overall satisfaction with the neighbourhood in our (overwhelming white) sample, but has no significant impact on generalised trust or other commonly used measures of social capital. We suggest that part of the impact of diversity on overall neighbourhood satisfaction may be through an effect on fear of crime, though we find no effect on actual crime.