Ça?la Ökten|Una Osili
Contributions in heterogeneous communities: Evidence from Indonesia
Bilkent University|University of Indianapolis|Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
using householdlevel data indonesia investigate importance community characteristics ethnic diversity central government transfers inter alia determining monetary time contributions community organizations present framework ethnic diversity affects contributions three channels 1 diversity preferences 2 transaction costs 3 interhousehold considerations form altruism towards ones ethnic group empirical findings provide evidence ethnic diversity negative significant effect contributions prevalence community organizations find evidence government spending crowds private monetary contributions less robust effect time contributions