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Yamamura, E. (2011). Differences in the effect of social capital on health status between workers and non-workers. University Library of Munich, Germany MPRA paper No. 22967

This paper explores the relationship of social capital to self-rated health status in Japan, and how this is affected by the labor market. Data of 3075 adult participants in the 2000 Social Policy and Social Consciousness (SPSC) survey were used. Controlling for endogenous bias, the main finding is that social capital has a significant positive influence on health status for people without a job but not for those with. This empirical study provides evidence that people without a job can afford to allocate time to accumulate social capital and thereby improve their health status.

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Yamamura, Eiji

Eiji Yamamura is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics of the Seinan Gaikun University. His main research interests are Socio-economics, Industrial Economics, Sports Economics. Contact details Position: Professor, Seinan Gakuin University. Office address: 6-2-92 Nishijin Sawara-ku...

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