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| Title: | | Volunteerism after the tsunami: Democratization and aid  |
| Authors: | | Freire, Tiago Henderson, Vernon Kuncoro, Ari |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Working Paper, Brown University, Department of Economics 2011-8 |
| Abstract: | | Using three waves of survey data from fishing villages in Aceh, Indonesia for 2005-2009, we examine the determinants of local volunteer labor after the tsunami. Pre-existing social capital and the form of aid delivery (but not trauma) strongly affect village volunteerism initially, but these effects weaken with time. What persists is the effect of essentially a new institution, formal village elections. While recent work suggests democratization increases cooperation, the differentially timed introduction of elections negatively affects volunteerism, suggesting a regime switch effect where traditional leaders chosen by elites want more volunteer labor projects than democratically elected leaders do. |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Working Papers, Department of Economics, Brown University
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