Volunteerism after the tsunami: Democratization and aid

Arbeitspapier

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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2011-8

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Überschwemmung ; Katastrophenhilfe ; Ehrenamtliche Arbeit ; Social Capital ; Lokales öffentliches Gut ; Demokratisierung ; Indonesien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Freire, Tiago ; Henderson, Vernon ; Kuncoro, Ari
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Brown University, Department of Economics
• (where): Providence, RI
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/62664
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