Volunteerism after the Tsunami : The Effects of Democratization
Using three waves of survey data from fishing villages in Aceh, Indonesia for 2005–09, the paper examines the determinants of local volunteer labor after the tsunami. Volunteer labor is the village public sector labor force for maintenance, clean-u...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25049030/volunteerism-after-tsunami-effects-democratization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22666 |
| Summary: | Using three waves of survey data from
fishing villages in Aceh, Indonesia for 2005–09, the paper
examines the determinants of local volunteer labor after the
tsunami. Volunteer labor is the village public sector labor
force for maintenance, clean-up and renovation of public
capital. While also examining the effects on volunteerism of
village destruction and trauma, pre-existing social capital,
diversity, and aid delivery, the papers focuses on the
effects of democratization. The tsunami and massive
international aid effort prompted the settlement of the
insurgency movement in Aceh, which had led to suspension of
local elections over the prior twenty or more years. Until
2006, village heads who call volunteer days were effectively
selected by village elites, who may highly value the public
facilities maintained by volunteer labor. With elections,
volunteer days fall under the new regime, with
democratically elected village heads calling fewer volunteer
days, which may appeal more to the typical villager.
Identification comes from pseudo-randomized differential
timing of elections. |
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