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Internet and social capital


This new section collects studies on the internet, social capital, cooperative behaviors, online networks. It deals with topics like the relationship between the diffusion of the broadband, online networking, life satisfaction and the accumulation of social capital, the provision of OSS software as a public good, the role of trust in the evolution of e-commerce.
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Latest papers
In the foreground

Tiago Freire, Vernon Henderson, Ari Kunkoro, 2010. Aid, social capital and village public goods: after the tsunami.

Odelia Heizler, Ayal Kimhi, 2010. Who Will Be Idol? The Importance of Social Networks for Winning on Reality Shows.

Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza, Luigi Zingales, 2010. Civic Capital as the Missing Link.

Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer, 2010. Recent Advances in the Economics of Individual Subjective Well-Being.

Paul Haynes, 2010. Before Going Any Further With Social Capital: Eight Key Criticisms to Address.

Stephen DeLoach and Thomas Thiemann, 2010. Not driving alone: Commuting in the Twenty-first century.

Yazhen Gong, 2010. Social Connections, Networks, and Social Capital Erosion: Evidence From Surveys and Field Experiments.

Bradley Ruffle and Richard Sosin, 2010. Do religious contexts elicit more trust and altruism? An experiment on Facebook.

Angelo Antoci, Fabio Sabatini and Mauro Sodini, 2010. The Solaria Syndrome: Social Capital in a Growing Hyper-technological Economy.

Luigi Guiso, 2010. A trust-driven financial crisis. Implications for the future of financial markets.

Alberto Alesina, Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc, Paola Giuliano, 2010. Family Values and the Regulation of Labor.

Jeffrey Butler, Paola Giuliano, Luigi Guiso, 2010. The Right Amount of Trust.

Christine Binzel, Dietmar Fehr, 2010. Social Relationships and Trust.

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Latest books
Economic Growth and Structural Features of Transition, edited by Enrico Marelli and Marcello Signorelli.

Gangs, Marginalised Youth and Social Capital, by Ross Deuchar.

Unanticiped Games: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life, by Mario L. Small.

Handbook of Social Capital. The Troika of Sociology, Political Science and Economics, edited by Gert Tinggaard Svendsen and Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen.

Social Capital and Internet Usage of Rural Guatemalan Teachers, by Douglas Tedford.

Social Capital & Urban Networks of Trust, edited by Jouni Häkli and Claudio Minca.

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PhD theses on social capital,
development and related topics

This is a new tentative section aiming to collect PhD theses in the field of social capital and related topics.
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Postgraduate programs and scholarships
This section collects all the information I acquire on graduate schools such as Phd and master programs, grants and scholarships, seminars series and so on.
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New: top research institutions in the field of social capital
a ranking of the top institutions in the field of social capital, computed with RePEc data on the papers included in the NEP-Soc report (New Economics Papers on Social Capital) edited by Fabio Sabatini.
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Social capital, a panel session at the First International Conference in Political Economy
The panel on social capital of the First International Conference on Political Economy features both theoretical and empirical contributions that appeal to concepts and contexts of norms and networks of social relationships, and discuss their capacities and deficiencies in promoting local development and social reform. The conference will take place in Rethymno, Greece, on 10-12 September 2010.
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Next conferences
International Conference on Applied Business & Economics, in Coruña, Spain, 16-18 September 2010.
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From the Wealth of Nations to the Wealth of Nature: Rethinking Economic Growth, in Venice, Italy, 27-28 September 2010.
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Open Days – European Week of Regions and Cities, in Brussels, Belgium, 4-7 October 2010.
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Social Capital and Sustainable Development, in Izmir, Turkey, 8-9 October 2010.
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In the foreground
Empathy and the evolution of society



Bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development and our society.

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Latest conference announcements

Making Innovation Work for Society: Linking, Leveraging and Learning, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1-3 November 2010. The deadline for abstract submission has expired.
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Perspectives on (Un)employment, in Nuremberg, Germany, 18-19 November 2010. The deadline for abstract submission has expired.
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VII Brucchi Luchino Labour Economics Workshop, in Padua, Italy, 16-17 December 2010. The deadline for submitting a full draft is September 15th 2010.
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Not only social capital
Rankings of world Universities and Departments
This section collects links to web sites reporting rankings of world universities and departments. Selected rankings are based on criteria like research publications.
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Rankings of scholarly journals
This section collects rankings of social science peer-reviewed journals based on some poular indexes of their impact on the scientific research.
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SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) 2009 World Report
The SIR 2009 World Report shows a ranking with more than 2000 of the best worldwide research institutions and organizations whose output surpass 100 scholarly publications during 2007.
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The geography of social capital   The Geography of social capital studies
This section catalogues social capital studies according to the particular country to which the main focus is devoted. At the present time, the section is under construction.

:: Africa
:: Asia
:: Central America
:: China
:: Eastern Europe
:: India

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:: Latin America
:: Northern America
:: Oceania
:: United States
:: Western Europe
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Basic concepts
::What is social capital
::Against social capital
::Measuring social capital

Social capital and
the economy

::Social capital at the
firm level

::Game theory and
social capital
::Social capital and
the labour market

::Social capital and
human capital

::Social capital,
knowledge and innovation


Social capital and institutions
::Social capital and political participation
::Social capital and political institutions' performance
The creation of SC
::Civil society and SC
::Internet and SC
::Social capital and the state
::The challenges of multiculturalism

Social capital
and well-being

::Social capital, social interactions and happiness
::Social capital and health
::Social capital and education
::SC, public services
and the welfare state

::Social capital, crime
and urban welfare
::Social capital and
the environment
::Empirical studies on social capital and well-being

Social capital and transition
::SC and institutional transition
::SC and economic transition
Social capital and development
in advanced economies

::Social capital and
economic growth

::Social capital and
local development

::Social capital and
rural development
::Empirical studies on SC and economic growth in HDCs and LDCs

Social capital and development
in low income countries

::Social capital and
poor's life conditions

::Social capital and
rural development

::Microcredit and SC
::Development assistance
and social capital

::Other studies on social capital and poverty
 
 

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The editor
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Academic rankings
Rankings of world universities and departments.

Rankings of scientific journals in Business, Business & Finance, Economics, Political Science, Social Psychology, Sociology.

Upcoming conferences

Sustainable Regional Growth and Development in the Creative Knowledge Economy, in Jönköping, Sweden, August 2010.

Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics Annual Conference in San Diego, CA, August 2010.

Brazilian Workshop of the Game Theory Society, São Paulo, Brazil, August 2010.

Beyond the Crisis. First International Conference in Political Economy, in Rethymno, Greece, September 2010.

International Conference on Applied Business & Economics, in Coruña, Spain, September 2010.

From the Wealth of Nations to the Wealth of Nature: Rethinking Economic Growth, in Venice, Italy, September 2010.

Open Days – European Week of Regions and CitiesBrussels, Belgium, October 2010.

Social Capital and Sustainable Development, Izmir, Turkey, October 2010.

Perspectives on Unemployment, in Nuremberg, Germany, November 2010.

Making Innovation Work for Society: Linking, Leveraging and Learning, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2010.

Brucchi Luchino Labour Economics Workshop, in Padua, Italy, November 2010.

Other Events on
social capital
and related topics

Other resources for social sciences

Working papers

Databases and E-Journals

Social sciences departments

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Social Capital Gateway
Edited by Fabio Sabatini
Department of Economics, University of Siena