Clark, Jeremy; Kim, Bonggeun - Department of Economics and Finance, College of … - 2009
An empirical literature has found that neighborhood heterogeneity lowers people's likelihood of contributing to public … census rounds to test whether volunteering rates are lowered by neighborhood heterogeneity by race/ethnicity, birthplace …, income or language. We find boundaries matter, with only ethnic/racial heterogeneity robustly associated with lower …