This paper presents a new public-use dataset for community-level life satisfaction in Canada, based on more than 400 …,000 observations from the Canadian Community Health Surveys and the General Social Surveys. The country is divided into 1215 similarly …. The data presented here are useful on their own to study community-level variation, and can also be used to provide …

This paper presents a dynamic political economy model of community development. In each period, a community invests in … a local public good. The community can grow, with new housing supplied by competitive developers. To finance investment …, the community can tax residents and issue debt. In each period, fiscal decisions are made by current residents. The …

We propose a model of the interplay of employment relationships and community-based interactions among workers and … workplace favor exchange). Both workers and managers also exert effort in providing community benefits. The threat of losing … access to community benefits can motivate managers to keep employment soft; conversely, the threat of losing future …