“…J. S. Coleman (2005) notes that social capital is significant for the state, fosters the strength of the family, helps to form new social skills, and encourages people to work for the common good. Social capital manifests itself in altruism, empathy, philanthropic ideas, trust and reliability (Ramaškienė, Šumskienė 2020;Putnam 2000), and the ability to explain differences in economic growth between regions helps to use social capital for regional development as a policy tool (Muringani et al 2021).…”