Participation in heterogeneous communities
Participation in heterogeneous communities
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DOI：
10.1162/003355300554935
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发表时间：
2000-08-01
影响因子：
13.7
通讯作者：
La Ferrara, E
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作者：
Alesina, A;La Ferrara, E
本文研究了当人口在收入和种族或民族方面都是异质性时，是什么决定了群体的形成和参与程度。我们特别感兴趣的是，社区的异质性程度是否以及在多大程度上影响了不同类型群体的参与程度。使用对群体成员的调查数据和美国地区的数据，我们发现，在控制了许多个人特征之后，在更不平等和种族或民族分散的地区，社会活动的参与率显着降低。我们还发现，那些表达反对种族混合的观点的人更不容易参与群体的种族异质性，他们的社区。这些结果与我们的群体形成模型相一致。
This paper studies what determines group formation and the degree of participation when the population is heterogeneous, both in terms of income and race or ethnicity. We are especially interested in whether and how much the degree of heterogeneity in communities influences the amount of participation in different types of groups. Using survey data on group membership and data on U.S. localities, we find that, after controlling for many individual characteristics, participation in social activities is significantly lower in more unequal and in more racially or ethnically fragmented localities. We also find that those individuals who express views against racial mixing are less prone to participate in groups the more racially heterogeneous their community is. These results are consistent with our model of group formation.