Social Capital, Social Cohesion, Community: A Microeconomic Analysis

Dayton-Johnson, Jeff; Osberg, Lars

doi:10.3138/9781442681149-003

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“…Although some authors consider social capital more relevant at an individual level (Bourdieu 1985;Portes 1998;Veenstra 2000;Dayton-Johnston 2003;Pevalin 2003) whereas others at collective level (Lochner et al 1999;Kawachi and Berkman 2000;McKenzie et al 2002;Szreter and Woolcock 2004) and the appropriate level at which it should be measured remains uncertain, the literature on social capital and health shows that differences in health could be better predicted by individual level social capital (De Silva et al 2005). We follow this approach and use an individual level measurement of SC.…”

Section: Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 97%

Social Capital and Self Perceived Health Among European Older Adults

Arezzo

Giudici

2015

Soc Indic Res

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There is increasing interest among researchers in the effects of social capital on the health of older adults. One of the key policy question for an ageing population concerns how do we identify the factors that influence health. Very recently, an increasing interest on social capital as a key determinant for health has developed and, surprisingly, not much is known for the European population. This paper analyzes the association between social capital and self-perceived health among older adults in Europe using a mixed effects logistic model. Social capital is considered in its two components-bonding and bridging-in order to understand if the relations inside or outside an individual inner circle have a different association with health. Our results give empirical support to the role of individual social capital in preventing a poor self-perceived health. This means that social capital, especially the bridging component of it, can be one of the key factors of ageing in good health and should be fostered by policy makers in order to give an answer to one of the most compelling challenge of our century: population ageing.

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Section: Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 97%

Social Capital and Self Perceived Health Among European Older Adults

Arezzo

Giudici

2015

Soc Indic Res

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“…The literature identifies a number of means through which social cohesion and governmental effectiveness may directly facilitate increased productivity. For instance, they may facilitate coordination in complex production processes (Dayton-Johnson, 1999), lead to the diffusion and early adoption of new technology (Rogers, 1983), and enable more time to be spent on innovation rather than monitoring and enforcing contracts and property rights (Knack and Keefer, 1997). Mauro (1995) argues that efficient and honest institutions will facilitate the distribution of permits and licenses, thereby increasing the rate of technological progress.…”

Section: Social Economics and Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social economics and social capital

Wallis

Killerby

Dollery

2004

International Journal of Social Economics

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.Abstract This paper evaluates key developments in the social capital literature over the past decade. It then examines empirical work on the purported the link between social capital and economic performance. Although these results indicate that good governance and social cohesion make a measurable contribution to economic development, the offer little guidance for policy formulation. Early contributors to the social capital field were pessimistic about the ability of the state to stimulate social capital formation. More recently, there has been a groundswell of interest in the application of community development principles to foster social capital at the micro level. This paper incorporates a critical evaluation of the mainstream social capital literature from a social economics perspective. The various strands within the social economics tradition share a common concern with the "disembedding" of social context from mainstream economics.What is good, Phaedrus, and what is not good . . . need we ask anyone to tell us these things? (Pirsig, 1975).

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“…Social solidarity and social harmony are therefore worth investment, and their leverage is attributable to their reduction of transaction cost (Stanley and Smeltzer 2003). Furthermore, the investment is valuable in boosting the return to social capital, characterized by potentially helpful social relationships (Dayton-Johnson 2003). Social capital is distinguishable from social solidarity and social harmony in that the former is the social resource drawn from social networks, whereas the latter are experiences and practices generating resources in society (Crow 2002;Friedkin 2004;Ostrom 2009).…”

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