Research Paper CEP Discussion Papers 1459
Diversity and neighbourhood satisfaction
Authors
Publication date
Dec 2016
Summary
This paper investigates the impact of ethnic diversity on individuals’ overall satisfaction with and other aspects of their neighbourhood. It uses panel data and a variety of empirical methods to control for potential endogeneity of diversity and of the location choices. We find that a higher white share in the neighbourhood 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 a fear of crime and the quality of social life.
ISSN
16
Subjects
Area Effects, Social Networks, Crime And Justice, Ethnic Groups, Well Being, Societies, Social Capital, Social Behaviour, and Social Psychology
Links
https://ideas.repec.org/p/cep/cepdps/dp1459.html
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