Social capital and local development
Essential 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...
Sabatini, F. (2008). Social Capital and the Quality of Economic Development. Kyklos 61 (3), 466-499
There is a surprising gap in the economic literature on social capital. First, we lack studies...
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Cameron, L., Shah, M. (2012). Can Mistargeting Destroy Social Capital and Stimulate Crime? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia. IZA Discussion Paper 6736
Cash transfer programs can provide important financial support for poor households in developing...
Felice, E. (2011). The determinants of Italy's regional imbalances over the long run: exploring the contributions of human and social capital. University of Oxford, Discussion Papers in Economic and Social History No. 88
The article aims to present and discuss estimates of levels of human and social capital in Italy...
Guiso, L. Sapienza, P., Zingales, L. (2009). Cultural biases in Economic Exchange? Quarterly Journal of Economics 124 (3): 1095-1131.
How much do cultural biases affect economic exchange? We answer this question by using data on...
Guiso, L., Sapienza, P., Zingales, L. (2016). Long term persistence. Journal of the European Economic Association 14-6, 1401–1436
We study whether a positive historical shock can generate long-term persistence in development. We...
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...
Vitale, T. (2003). Conflicts and normative production: a pragmatic approach. University of Milan, PhD Thesis
Tommaso Vitale PhD Programme in Sociology - Università degli Studi di Milano Supervisors...