The Happy Few: Cross–Country Evidence on Social Capital and Life Satisfaction

Bjørnskov, Christian

doi:10.1111/1467-6435.00207

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“…On the collective level, if you don't trust an agency or organization with which the individual is affiliated, you will not trust him to fulfill an agreement [24]. Some studies of trust have focused on economic growth [25]- [27], [12] and institutional development [28]- [30]. Bjørnskov [31] shows that there is significant correlation between social trust and life satisfaction in country-level regressions, and similarly, Bjørnskov [32] finds significant links in US state-level regressions.…”

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Social Trust and Social Network in Iran

Kiani¹

2013

IJTEF

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Social Trust and Social Network in Iran

Kiani¹

2013

IJTEF

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“…Regarding institutions that influence citizens' interactions, we follow Putnam's (1993) seminal work, suggesting social capital, defined as trust, norms and networks, to affect life satisfaction positively (see also Bjørnskov, 2003;Helliwell, 2003). Apart from fostering social cohesion and connectedness, countries with high levels of social capital are characterized by more honest behavior in general (e.g.…”

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“…Life satisfaction depends, fourth, non-linearly on age with satisfaction roughly decreasing until people reach their mid-40s after which satisfaction increases again. Fifth, social capital in its different dimensions is conducive to life satisfaction (Helliwell, 2003;Bjørnskov, 2003). Sixth, religiosity or spirituality is often found to be a significant factor of well-being (e.g.…”

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Cross-country determinants of life satisfaction: exploring different determinants across groups in society

2007

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. We thank Stephen Lea and participants at the 30 th IAREP conference in Prague for comments on an earlier version and Gilles Winkler for excellent research assistance. AbstractThis paper explores a wide range of cross-country determinants of life satisfaction exploiting a database of 90,000 observations in 70 countries. We distinguish four groups of aggregate variables as potential determinants of satisfaction: political, economic, institutional, and human development and culture. We use ordered probit to investigate the importance of these variables on individual life satisfaction and test the robustness of our results with Extreme Bounds Analysis. The results show that only a small number of factors, such as openness, business climate, postcommunism, the number of chambers in parliament, Christian majority, and infant mortality robustly influence life satisfaction across countries while the importance of many variables suggested in the previous literature is not confirmed. This remains largely true when the analysis splits national populations according to gender, income and political orientation also. JEL Codes: I31, H10, H40

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“…En effet, si l'usage de l'Internet a un impact positif sur les investissements en capital social, alors les pays les plus avancés en matière de diffusion d'Internet devraient voir leur capital social s'accroître. Or, de nombreuses études ont mis en évidence le rôle positif du capital social sur le développement économique et le bien-être d'un pays (Fukuyama, 1995, 1999, Bjornskov, 2003. Ainsi, Bjornskov (2003) montre que le bien-être dans les pays développés dépend plus du niveau de capital social que du PIB par tête, du taux de chômage ou du niveau d'inflation.…”

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“…Or, de nombreuses études ont mis en évidence le rôle positif du capital social sur le développement économique et le bien-être d'un pays (Fukuyama, 1995, 1999, Bjornskov, 2003. Ainsi, Bjornskov (2003) montre que le bien-être dans les pays développés dépend plus du niveau de capital social que du PIB par tête, du taux de chômage ou du niveau d'inflation. Selon l'auteur, les pays où le bien-être est le plus élevé sont les pays scandinaves, la Suisse et les Pays-Bas, des pays dans lesquels le capital social mesuré par la confiance dans les autres et le taux de participation à des associations atteint un niveau parmi les plus élevés du monde.…”

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Usage de l'Internet et investissement en capital social

Pénard¹,

Poussing²

2006

Recherches Économiques De Louvain

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This paper aims to understand the impact of the Internet on social capital. Does the Internet usage influence the investments in social networks? First, we theoretically address this question with a micro-economic model of social capital. Second, thanks to Luxembourg data, we evaluate the determinants of the investments in social capital via the Internet. The results show a complementarity between the online investments and the offline investments (measured by the belonging to some associations or formal organizations), except for individuals who have had professional or personal mobility and who tend to intensively use the Internet to invest in social capital.

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The Happy Few: Cross–Country Evidence on Social Capital and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 354 publications

References 15 publications

Social Trust and Social Network in Iran

Social Trust and Social Network in Iran

Cross-country determinants of life satisfaction: exploring different determinants across groups in society

Usage de l'Internet et investissement en capital social

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