Upgrades for votes : strategic use of public housing improvement programme in Singapore

• Main Authors: Ngan, Edwina Ye Luan, Lee, Jin Yong, Yeo, Yu Ping
• Other Authors: Giovanni Ko
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76111
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Are HDB blocks in PAP-controlled constituencies more likely to receive upgrades than those in opposition-held ones? Does the vote share of the ruling party affect the likelihood of upgrades? To answer this question, we constructed a dataset of all types of upgrades to all HDB flats from 1960 to 2018...