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The Empirical Relationship between the Neighborhood-level Social Mix and the Residents’ Social Capital and Experience of Receiving Help

Kim, Seung-Nam 1 KIM, JAE-HONG 2

1서울대학교
2울산대학교

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ABSTRACT

As a one of the dominant policy alternatives to solve the social exclusion, enhancing bridging social capital of the socioeconomically disadvantaged through social mixing has been suggested. Against this backdrop, this study examines the relationship between level of social-mixing of neighborhood and residents` social capital and experience of receiving help. The results suggest that the people who live in the more mixed neighborhood are more likely to have higher social capital than who live in the less mixed neighborhood. Hence, social-mixing policies such as housing type mixing, housing size mixing, and tenure mixing positively contribute to formulation of social capital. However, the impact of social-mixing is more effective on bonding social capital rather than on bridging social capital and experience of receiving help. Therefore, it is not clear whether the social-mixing policies have potential to enhance bridging social capital and mitigate social exclusion of ‘the socioeconomically disadvantaged’. Thus, future research need to explore the relationship between social-mixing and bridging social capital using a stratified analysis by income group.

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