Did Industrialization Destroy Social Capital in Indonesia?

Edward Miguel, Paul Gertler and David Levine ()
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Edward Miguel: Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
Paul Gertler: University of Caifornia, Berkeley and NBER

No 1047, Center for International and Development Economics Research, Working Paper Series from Center for International and Development Economics Research, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley

Abstract: This paper examines the effect of industrialization on social capital in Indonesia during 1985 to 1997 using repeated cross-sections of nationally representative surveys. We analyze a rich set of social capital measures including multiple measures of voluntary associational activity, levels of trust and informal cooperation, and family outcomes. There are three main findings. First, districts that experienced rapid industrialization showed significant increases in most social capital measures. Second, districts that neighbor rapidly industrializing areas exhibited high rates of out-migration, significantly fewer community credit cooperatives, and a reduction in "mutual cooperation" as assessed by village elders. Finally, initial social capital in a district did not predict subsequent industrial development. We present a model of social capital investment and migration consistent with these patterns. The empirical findings challenge existing results in the social capital literature, and may have implications for social instability in Indonesia since 1997.

Keywords: Social capital; industrialization; Indonesia; community groups; civic participation; migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2003-06-01
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