Diversity and neighbourhood satisfaction

Monica Langella () and Alan Manning

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Abstract: 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.

Keywords: neighborhood satisfaction; social capital; diversity; deprivation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R1 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2019-11-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-soc and nep-ure
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Published in The Economic Journal, 1, November, 2019, 129(624), pp. 3219 - 3255. ISSN: 0013-0133

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Journal Article: Diversity and Neighbourhood Satisfaction (2019)
Working Paper: Diversity and neighbourhood satisfaction (2016)
Working Paper: Diversity and neighbourhood satisfaction (2016)
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