Measuring social capital
Essential readings
Durlauf, S. N., Fafchamps, M. (2004). Social capital. The Centre for the Study of African Economies Working Paper No. 214
This paper surveys research on social capital. We explore the concepts that motivate the social...
Glaeser, E. G., Laibson, D., Scheinkman, J. A., Soutter, C. L. (2000). Measuring Trust. Quarterly Journal of Economics 65, 811-846
Using a sample of Harvard undergraduates, we analyze trust and social capital in two experiments...
Important readings
Karlan, D. (2005). Using Experimental Economics to Measure Social Capital and Predict Financial Decisions. American Economic Review, 95 (5), 1688-1699
Economic theory suggests that market failures arise when contracts are difficult to enforce or...
Leigh, A. (2010). Disconnected. Sidney: University of New South Wales Press
Following in the footsteps of Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone, Andrew Leigh’s book...
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Paldam, M. (2000). Social Capital: One or Many? Definition and Measurement. Journal of Economic Surveys 14 (5), 629-653.
Three families of social capital concepts are discussed: (fa1) trust, (fa2) ease of cooperation,...
Quibria, M.G. (2003). The Puzzle of Social Capital. A Critical Review. Asian Development Review 20 (2).
This expository note provides a critical review of the burgeoning literature on social capital...
Sabatini, F. (2007). The Empirics of Social Capital and Economic Development: A Critical Perspective. In Osborne, M., Sankey, K. e Wilson, B. (eds). Social Capital, Lifelong Learning Regions and the Management of Place: an international perspective
This paper provides an introduction to the concept of social capital, and carries out a critical...
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). 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...
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...
Sabatini, F. (2010). Questionario e guida pratica per la misurazione del capitale sociale. Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Economics and Law, mimeo
Questo paper presenta un questionario e una guida pratica per la misurazione del capitale sociale...
Schechter, L. (2007). raditional trust measurement and the risk confound: An experiment in rural Paraguay. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 62 (2), 272-292
Play in the traditional trust experiment depends both on trust beliefs and on levels of risk...
Stanca, L. (2009). Measuring Indirect Reciprocity: Whose Back Do We Scratch? Journal of Economic Psychology, 30(2), 190-202.
This paper presents an experimental investigation of strong indirect reciprocity. We examine both...
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...
Van Der Gaag, M., Snijders, Tom A. B. (2005). The Resource Generator: social capital quantification with concrete items. Social Networks 27 (1), 1-29
In research on the social capital of individuals, there has been little standardisation of...