Does Fiscal Decentralisation Strengthen Social Capital? Cross-Country Evidence and the Experiences of Brazil and Indonesia

Mello, Luiz de

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“…In addition, we considered the population size as a variable to control the size of a community. Second, de Mello Jr. [43], de Mello [44], Widmalm [45] and Dincer [46] found evidence that fiscal decentralization is positively associated with social trust. The basic idea is that fiscal decentralization provides incentives for local government officials to perform well and not engage in corruption and this can eventually lead to increased social trust.…”

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The Effects of Natural Disasters on Social Trust: Evidence from South Korea

Kang

Skidmore

2018

Sustainability

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In this paper, we examine whether disasters affect social trust levels using South Korean panel data from 2014–2016. We also investigate whether the effects of disasters on social trust differ depending on the type of disaster. We consider four types of disasters: typhoons, heavy rain, heavy snow and strong winds and waves. Our findings show that although all of these disasters influence the level of generalized social trust, each type has separate impacts. In our findings, there is a statistically significant positive relationship between cumulative damage costs per capita and social trust levels for heavy rain, heavy snow and strong winds and waves but we find the opposite result for typhoons. In the disaster recovery process, it is possible for social trust to be strengthened and weakened at the same time. Social trust can develop when victims such as neighbors and firefighters interact with others. Conversely, when a local government responds slowly to a disaster, dissatisfaction and discontent toward it can increase and this could weaken social trust. Moreover, disaster-affected individuals may be more competitive over limited resources, resulting in conflicts among them. Thus, we argue that the net effects of disasters on social trust levels can differ based on the speed of government responses to disasters and on active support for the victims from people such as neighbors.

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The Effects of Natural Disasters on Social Trust: Evidence from South Korea

Kang

Skidmore

2018

Sustainability

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“…() have examined its implications for interpersonal inequality across European regions. De Mello () has looked at how decentralization influences social capital.…”

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Decentralization, Subjective Well‐Being, and the Perception of Institutions

Díaz-Serrano¹,

Rodríguez‐Pose²

2012

Kyklos

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThis paper analyses whether the different powers and resources at the disposal of local and regional governments across Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses microdata from the four available waves of the European social survey (2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008), including more than 160,000 observations of individuals living in 29 European countries. Our results reveal that fiscal and some forms of political decentralization have a positive and significant effect on the overall subjective well-being of individuals. However, fiscal decentralization has a different effect on the perception of institutions depending on whether we consider subnational expenditure or revenues. Similarly, the effect of political decentralization on the level of satisfaction with institutions also varies depending on whether the capacity of local governments to influence national politics or to exert authority over their own citizens is considered. The results also show that citizens seem to be happier with the actual capacity of their local governments to deliver than with the general principle that they can have a say on their daily politics and policies.

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“…Gil Canaleta et al, 2004;Ezcurra and Pascual, 2008;Lessmann, 2009;Rodríguez-Pose and Ezcurra, 2010). The emphasis on cross-country macroanalyses has been complemented by a spate of recent studies using microdata aimed at untangling the complex relationship between decentralization, on the one hand, and poverty (Sepúlveda and Martínez-Vázquez, 2011), interpersonal inequality (Morelli and Seaman, 2007;Tselios et al, 2012), or social capital (De Mello, 2011), on the other, respectively.…”

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Decentralization and the Welfare State: What Do Citizens Perceive?

Díaz-Serrano

Rodríguez‐Pose

2014

Soc Indic Res

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Trust in public institutions and public policies are generally perceived as a precondition for economic recovery in times of recession. Recent empirical evidence tends to find a positive link between decentralization and trust. But our knowledge about whether decentralization -through increased trustimproves the perception of the delivery and effectiveness of public policies is still limited. In this paper we estimate the impact of fiscal and political decentralization on the perception of the state of the education system and of health services, by using the 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008 waves of the European social survey. The analysis of the views of 160,000 individuals in 31 European countries indicates that while the effect of fiscal decentralization on the perception of the state of the health and education system is unambiguously positive, political decentralization affects citizen's satisfaction with education and health delivery in different ways. The influence of political decentralization, however, is highly contingent on whether we consider the capacity of the local or regional government to exercise authority over its citizens (self-rule) or to influence policy at the national level (shared-rule).

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Does Fiscal Decentralisation Strengthen Social Capital? Cross-Country Evidence and the Experiences of Brazil and Indonesia

Cited by 27 publications

References 44 publications

The Effects of Natural Disasters on Social Trust: Evidence from South Korea

The Effects of Natural Disasters on Social Trust: Evidence from South Korea

Decentralization, Subjective Well‐Being, and the Perception of Institutions

Decentralization and the Welfare State: What Do Citizens Perceive?

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