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Empirical Studies
on Social Capital and Economic Growth
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This section collects empirical investigations and case studies
on the relationship between social capital, income, welfare, and
economic growth, both in advanced economies and in low income countries.
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Essential Readings
• Barro, R.J. (1996), Determinants
of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study, NBER Working
Paper, 5698, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Ma.
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Durlauf, S.N., Fafchamps, M. (2004), Social
Capital, The Centre for The Study of African Economies Working
Paper Series, No. 214, The Berkeley Economic Press.
• Guiso, L., Sapienza, P., Zingales, L.
(2000), The
Role Of Social Capital In Financial Development, The American
Economic Review. Vol. 94, No. 3: 526-556.
• Isham, J., Kelly, T., Ramaswamy, S.,
Dirks, F.C. (eds) (2002), Social
Capital and Economic Development: Well-Being in Developing Countries,
Celtenham and Northampton, Edward Elgar Pub.
•
Johnson,
P.A., Temple, J. Social
capability and economic growth, Quarterly Journal of Economics,
August 1998, 113(3), 965-990.
• Knack, S. (1999), Social
Capital, Growth And Poverty: A Survey Of Cross Country Evidence,
The World Bank Social Capital Initiative Working Papers, 7.
• Knack, S., Keefer, P. (1997), Does
Social Capital Have An Economic Payoff? A Cross Country Investigation,
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 112/4, 1251-1288.
• Sabatini, Fabio (2005), The
Role of Social Capital in Economic Development. Investigating the
Causal Nexus through Structural Equations Models, University
of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Public Economics, mimeo.
• Sabatini, Fabio (2006), Social
Capital, Public Spending and the
Quality of Economic Development: the Case of Italy, FEEM Working
Paper 14.06, Eni Enrico Mattei Foundation, Milan, January 2006.
• Sabatini, Fabio (2006), Social
capital, labour precariousness and the economic performance. An
empirical assessment of the strength of weak ties in Italy,
Third Sector and Civil Economy Working Paper Series, No. 26, January
2006, University of Bologna, Faculty of Economics.
• Sabatini, Fabio (2006), Does
Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?,
Working Paper No. 92, University of Rome La Sapienza, Department
of Public Economics.
• Tabellini, G. (2005), Culture
and Institutions: economic development in the regions of Europe,
Working Paper N. 292, Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic
Research.
• Temple, J. (2001), Growth
Effects of Education and Social Capital in the OECD Countries,
OECD Economic Studies, No. 33, 2001/2, 57-101.
• Zak, P.J. e Knack, S. (2001), Trust
and Growth, The Economic Journal 111: 295-331.
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Further Readings
• Annen, K. (2005), Economic
Returns to Social Capital in the Urban Informal Sector in Developing
Countries: Micro Evidence from Small Textile Producers in Bolivia,
University of Guelph, Department of Economics, mimeo.
• Aron, J. (2000), Growth
and Institutions: a Review of the Evidence, The World Bank Research
Observer, 15/2000.
• Ascari, G., Di Cosmo, V. (2005),
Determinants
of Total Factor Productivity in the Italian Regions, Working
Paper # 170 (12-04), University of Pavia, Department of Economcis.
• Baliamoune-Lutz, M. (2005), Institutions,
Social Capital, and Economic Development in Africa: An Empirical
Study, Working Paper No. 18 / 2005, International Centre for
Economic Research.
• Barro, R.J. (1991), Economic
Growth In A Cross-Section of Countries, Quarterly Journal of
Economics, 106, 407-443.
• Barro, R.J. (1994), Democracy
and Growth, NBER Working Paper, 4909, National Bureau of Economic
Research, Cambridge, Ma.
• Beugelsdijk, S., van Schaick,
T. (2003), Social
Capital and Regional Economic Growth, Paper presented at the
European Regional Science
Association (ERSA) 2003 Congress, University of Jyväskylä,
Jyväskylä, Finland, 27-30 August 2003.
• Beugelsdijk, S., van Schaick,
T. (2005), Social
capital and growth in European regions: an empirical test, European
Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 21, Issue 2, 301-324.
• Casey, T., Christ, K. (2002),
Social
Capital and Economic Performance in the American States, presented
at the 2002 American Political Science
Association Conference, Boston, MA.
• Christoforou, A. (2003), Social
Capital and Economic Growth: The Case of Greece, Paper presented
at the 1st LSE PhD Symposium on Modern Greece: Current
Social Science Research on Greece, London School of Economics,
June 21, 2003.
• Collier, P., Gunning, J.W. (1997), Explaining
African Economic Performance, Journal of Economic Literature,
64-111.
• Easterly, W., Levine, R. (1995), Africa's
Growth Tragedy: A Retrospective, 1960-89, Policy Research Working
Paper 1503, Policy Research Department, Washington, DC, World Bank.
• Farr, W.K., Lord, R.A., Wolfenbarger,
J.L. (1998), Economic
Freedom, Political Freedom and Economic Well-Being: a Causality
Analysis, Cato Journal, 18, 2, 247-262.
• Fedderke, J., Klitgaard, R. (1998), Economic
Growth and Social Indicators: An Exploratory Analysis, Economic
Development and Cultural Change, 46(3), 455-489.
• Gittel, R., Vidal, A. (1998), Community
Organizing: Building Social Capital As A Development Strategy,
Newbury Park, California, Sage Publications.
• Grier, K.B., Tullock, G. (1989), An Empirical
Analysis Of Cross-National Economic Growth 1951-80, Journal of Monetary
Economics, 24, 259-276.
• Grootaert (2002) Social
Capital, household welfare and poverty in Indonesia, Policy
Research Working Paper no. 2148, Washington D.C., The World Bank.
• Grootaert, C., van Bastelaer, T. (2002),
The
Role of Social Capital in Development: An Empirical Assessment,
Cambridge University Press.
• Guiso, L., Sapienza, P., Zingales,
L. (2005), Cultural
Biases in Economic Exchange, Northwestern University, Department
of Economics, mimeo.
• Heliwell, J.F. (1994), Empirical
Linkages Between Democracy And Economic Growth, NBER Working
Paper, 4066, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Ma.
• Heliwell, J.F. (1996), Economic
Growth And Social Capital In Asia, NBER Working Paper No. 5470,
National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Ma.
• Heliwell, J.F., Putnam, R. (1995), Economic
Growth And Social Capital In Italy, Eastern Economic Journal, 21,
295-307.
• Knack, S. (1996), Institutions
And The Convergence Hypothesis: The Cross-National Evidence,
Public Choice, 87, 207-228.
• Kormendi, R.C. e Meguire, P.G. (1985),
Macroeconomic Determinants Of Growth: Cross-Country Evidence, Journal
of Monetary Economics, 16, 141-163.
• Mbaku, J.M., Kimenyi, M.S. (1997),
Macroeconomic
Determinants of Growth: Further Evidence on the Role of Political
Freedom, Journal of Economic Development, Vol. 22, No. 2, December
1997.
• Miguel, E., Gertler, P., Levine, D.I.
(2004), Does
Social Capital Promote Industrialization? Evidence from a Rapid
Industrializer, University of California, Berkeley, mimeo.
• Narayan, D., Nyamwaya, D. (1996), Learning
From The Poor: A Participatory Poverty Assessment In Kenya,
Enviroment Department Papers, Participation Series, 34, World Bank
Social Policy and Resettlement Division, Washington D.C.
• Narayan, D., Pritchett, L. (1998), Cents
and Sociability: Household Income and Social Capital in Rural Tanzania,
Economic Development and Cultural Change.
• Rapushinga, A, Goetz, S.J., Freshwater,
D. (2002), Social
Capital and Economic Growth: a country-level analysis, Journal
of Agricultural & Applied Economics, 2000, vol. 32, issue 3,
pages 565-572.
•
Rapashinga, A., Goetz, S.J., Freshwater, D. (2002), Social
and institutional factors as determinants of economic growth: Evidence
from the United States counties, Papers in Regional Science,
Vol. 81, No. 2, 139-155.
•
Rodrik, D. (1997), Where
Did All the Growth Go? External Shocks, Social Conflict and Growth
Collapses, NBER Working Paper No. 6350.
• Sabatini, Fabio (2005), The
Role of Social Capital in Economic Development. Investigating the
Causal Nexus through Structural Equations Models, University
of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Public Economics, mimeo.
• Sabatini, Fabio (2005), Social
capital, labour precariousness and the economic performance. An
empirical assessment of the strength of weak ties in Italy,
University of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Public Economics,
mimeo.
• Sabatini, Fabio (2005), Does
Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?,
University of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Public Economics,
mimeo.
• Sabatini, Fabio (2005), The
Empirics of Social Capital and Economic Development: A Critical
Perspective, University of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Public
Economics, mimeo.
• Sabatini, Fabio (2005), Social
Capital, Public Spending and the
Quality of Economic Development: the Case of Italy, University
of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Public Economics, mimeo.
Paper accepted for presentation at the COE/JEPA
(Center of Excellence / Japan Economic Policy Association) Joint
International Conference, "Towards a New Economic Paradigm",
Kobe, Japan, 17-18 December 2005.
• Scully, G.W. (1988), The
Institutional Framework and Economic Development, Journal of
Political Economy, 96/3, 652-662.
• Slemrod, J., Katuscak, P. (2002),
Do
Trust and Trustworthiness Pay Off?, University of Michigan,
Department of Economics, Working Paper 2002-8.
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