Homeownership, Political Participation, and Social Capital in Post‐Communist Countries and Western Europe
研究了住房所有权对政治参与和社会资本的影响，发现后共产主义国家中住房所有权与选举参与和社会信任正相关，但与志愿活动无关，且效果因背景而异。
SUMMARY We study whether the positive effects of homeownership on political participation and social capital, found in developed market economies, extend to post‐communist countries. We use the privatization of publicly‐owned housing in post‐communist countries as an exogenous source of variation of homeownership status to identify its impact on political participation and social capital formation. We find that homeownership is strongly related to higher participation in local‐level and national elections. In post‐communist countries, homeownership is also related to higher social trust. However, the positive association between homeownership and volunteering found in developed market economies does not extend to post‐communist countries. Together, our results corroborate that homeownership is associated with positive social benefits. However, these effects are highly heterogeneous and context‐dependent.