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Who is my neighbour? Short-term renting and civic engagement in London

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  • Nicola Fontana

    (Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin)

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Urbanization has transformed cities into the economic hubs of high-income countries, yet concerns about declining social capital persist. This paper investigates the impact of changes in neighbourhood composition on social capital within London. I show how neighbourhoods with higher short-term renting penetration experience a reduction in charitable organizations and increased feelings of loneliness. These results cannot be attributed uniquely to a change of composition in the long-term residents, but they also reflect changes in the behaviours of residents. Moreover, I find that higher short-term renting penetration is associated with a decrease in neighbourhood quality.

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  • Nicola Fontana, 2025. "Who is my neighbour? Short-term renting and civic engagement in London," Trinity Economics Papers tep0525, Trinity College Dublin, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:tcd:tcduee:tep0525
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    Keywords

    Civic Engagement; Social Capital; Short-term Renting;
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    JEL classification:

    • P00 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - General - - - General
    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • Z18 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Public Policy

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