Social capital and economic growth
Essential readings
Knack, S., Keefer, P. (1997). Does Social Capital Have an Economic Payoff? A Cross-Country Investigation. Quarterly Journal of Economics 112 (4): 1251-1288
This paper presents evidence that “social capital” matters for measurable economic...
Routledge, B.R., von Amsberg, J. (2002). Social Capital and Growth. Journal of Monetary Economics 50 (1), 167-193.
We define and characterize social capital in a simple growth model. We capture social capital in a...
Antoci, A., Sabatini, F., Sodini, M. (2011). The Solaria Syndrome: Social Capital in a Hypertechnological Growing Economy. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. In press.
We develop a dynamic model to analyze the sources and the evolution of social participation and...
Important readings
Putnam, R. (1993). Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy
Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention...
Algann, Y., Cahuc, P. (2010). Inherited Trust and Growth. American Economic Review, 100(5): 2060–92.
This paper develops a new method to uncover the causal e¤ect of trust on economic growth, by...
Zak, P. J., Knack, S. (2001). Trust and Growth. The Economic Journal 111 (470), 295-321
Why does trust vary so substantially across countries? This paper presents a general equilibrium...
Reading list archive
Keefer, P., Knack, S. (2002). Polarization, politics and property rights: Links between inequality and growth. Public Choice 111, 127–154.
We argue that social polarization reduces the security of property and contract rights and, through...
Neira, I., Portela, M., Vieira, E. (2010). Social Capital and growth in European regions. Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 10 (2)
Theories of economic growth at the regional and national level, have expanded the traditional...
Pavarina, P. (2011). Institutions, social capital and economic development in Latin America. European Regional Science Conference Paper No. 11p1531
Economic theory has proposed and discussed a lot of possible factors or explanations that promote...
Pigliaru, F., Mauro, L. (2011). Social Capital, Institutions and Growth: Further Lessons from the Italian Regional Divide. European Regional Science Association Conference Paper No. 11p1866
Since Putnam's work on social capital, the Italian regional case has been a very rich source of...
Roth, F. (2009). Does Too Much Trust Hamper Economic Growth? Kyklos 62 (1), 103-128
This paper examines the relationship between trust and economic growth. Taking panel data and using...
Sabatini, F. (2006). An Inquiry into the Empirics of Social Capital and Economic Development. Sapienza University of Rome, PhD Thesis
Fabio Sabatini PhD Programme in Economics University of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Public...
Sabatini, F. (2009). Il capitale sociale nelle regioni italiane: un’analisi comparata. Rivista di Politica Economica 99 (2), 167-220
Questo saggio contribuisce alla letteratura mediante una valutazione critica della ricerca empirica...
Sabatini, F. (2009). Social Capital as Social Networks: a New Framework for Measurement and an empirical analysis of its determinants and consequence. Journal of Socio-Economics 38 (3), 429-442.
The contribution of this paper to the social capital literature is threefold. First, we set up a...
Sangnier, M. (2012). Does Trust Favor Macroeconomic Stability? Aix-Marseille School of Economics, AMSE Working Papers n. 1227
This paper investigates the relationship between trust and macroeconomic volatility. An...
Sarracino, F. (2010). Social capital, economic growth and well-being. Ph.D. Dissertation in Policy and Economics for Developing Countries at the University of Florence, Italy.
Background and motivation In recent years the public and scientific debate has paid considerable...
Tabellini, G. (2010). Culture and Institutions, Economic Development in the Regions of Europe. Journal of the European Economic Association 8(4), 677–716
Does culture have a causal effect on economic development? The data on European regions suggest...
Uslaner, E. M. (2006). The foundations of trust: macro and micro. Cambridge Journal of Economics 32 (2): 289-294.
This comment on Beugelsdijk's (2006) critique of trust and its measurement argues that it...
Vanin, P. (2003). Economic Growth and Social Development. University of Pavia, PhD Thesis
Paolo Vanin PhD Programme in Economics University of Pavia Supervisors: Professor Giorgio...
Yamamura, E. (2011). Groups and information disclosure: Olson and Putnam Hypotheses. MPRA Paper 34628.
There is controversy between Putnam and Olson concerning the role of groups. Putnam argued that...
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