Volunteerism after the Tsunami : The Effects of Democratization

Using three waves of survey data from fishing villages in Aceh, Indonesia for 2005–09, we examine 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...

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Main Authors:	Freire, Tiago, Henderson, J. Vernon, Kuncoro, Ari
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2018
Subjects:	VOLUNTEERISM DEMOCRATIZATION SOCIAL CAPITAL AID SURVEYS POLITICS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT VILLAGES
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30133

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spelling	okr-10986-301332021-05-25T10:54:40Z Volunteerism after the Tsunami : The Effects of Democratization Freire, Tiago Henderson, J. Vernon Kuncoro, Ari VOLUNTEERISM DEMOCRATIZATION SOCIAL CAPITAL AID SURVEYS POLITICS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT VILLAGES Using three waves of survey data from fishing villages in Aceh, Indonesia for 2005–09, we examine 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, we focus on 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. 2018-08-03T20:05:28Z 2018-08-03T20:05:28Z 2017-02 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30133 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic	VOLUNTEERISM DEMOCRATIZATION SOCIAL CAPITAL AID SURVEYS POLITICS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT VILLAGES
spellingShingle	VOLUNTEERISM DEMOCRATIZATION SOCIAL CAPITAL AID SURVEYS POLITICS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT VILLAGES Freire, Tiago Henderson, J. Vernon Kuncoro, Ari Volunteerism after the Tsunami : The Effects of Democratization
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description	Using three waves of survey data from fishing villages in Aceh, Indonesia for 2005–09, we examine 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, we focus on 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.
format	Journal Article
author	Freire, Tiago Henderson, J. Vernon Kuncoro, Ari
author_facet	Freire, Tiago Henderson, J. Vernon Kuncoro, Ari
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title	Volunteerism after the Tsunami : The Effects of Democratization
title_short	Volunteerism after the Tsunami : The Effects of Democratization
title_full	Volunteerism after the Tsunami : The Effects of Democratization
title_fullStr	Volunteerism after the Tsunami : The Effects of Democratization
title_full_unstemmed	Volunteerism after the Tsunami : The Effects of Democratization
title_sort	volunteerism after the tsunami : the effects of democratization
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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Volunteerism after the Tsunami : The Effects of Democratization

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