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In-migration and Dilution of Community Social Capital


Abstract: Consistent with predictions from the literature, we find that higher levels of in-migration dilute multiple dimensions of a community's level of social capital. The analysis employs a 2SLS methodology to account for potential endogeneity of migration.

Keywords: social capital; migration; decennial census; social capital community benchmark survey; nonpublic data; simultaneous equations; endogeneity; factor analysis;

JEL Classification: C36; C38; D71; R23;

https://doi.org/10.29338/wp2018-05

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Part of Series: FRB Atlanta Working Paper

Publication Date: 2018-07-23

Number: 2018-5

Pages: 37 pages