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Divided we fall? The effect of manufacturing decline on the social capital of US communities.
- Source :
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Journal of Regional Science . Jan2024, Vol. 64 Issue 1, p80-107. 28p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- What happens to local communities when manufacturing disappears? I examine changes in associational density over nearly two decades as a proxy for social capital in US labor markets. Exploiting plausibly exogenous trade‐induced shocks to local manufacturing activity, I test whether deindustrialization is associated with greater or lower organizational membership. I uncover a robust negative relationship between the two variables, particularly acute in rural and mostly‐White areas. My findings, however, are sensitive to measurement: There are no clearly discernible effects of deindustrialization on social capital when I consider alternative proxies for the outcome. To reconcile these results, I present evidence suggesting that economic adversity may induce a qualitative, rather than quantitative, change in social capital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00224146
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Regional Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174690914
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12664