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
Aghion, P., Durlauf, S. N. (eds) (2005). Handbook of Economic Growth. Elsevier
Here is a list of chapters that are available online in working paper form, collected by Mark...
Akçomak, S., ter Weel, B. (2007). How do social capital and government support affect innovation and growth? Evidence from the EU regional support programmes, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2007-009
This research investigates the role of social capital and government intervention in explaining the...
Akçomak, S., ter Weel, B. (2009). Social capital, innovation and growth: Evidence from Europe. European Economic Review, 53 (5), 544-567
This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income...
Annen, K. (2003). Social capital, inclusive networks, and economic performance. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 50(4), 449-463.
Empirical studies show that the relationship between social capital and economic performance is...
Antoci, A., Sacco, P. L., Vanin, P. (2007). Social capital accumulation and the evolution of social participation. The Journal of Socio-Economics 36, 128–143
We study the co-evolution of social participation and social capital accumulation, taking the view...
Antoci, F., Sabatini, F., Sodini, M. (2011). Economic growth, technological progress and social capital: the inverted U hypothesis. Economics and Econometrics Research Institute Research Paper 07/2011, Brussels
We set up a theoretical framework to analyze the possible role of economic growth and...
Bartolini, S., Bonatti, L. (2008). Endogenous growth, decline in social capital and expansion of market activities. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 67 (3-4), 917-926
We model in an endogenous growth set-up the hypotheses that the expansion of market activities...
Bartolini, S., Sarracino, F. (2011). Happy for How Long? How Social Capital and GDP relate to Happiness over Time. Department of Economics University of Siena No. 621
What does predict the evolution over time of subjective well-being? We answer this question...
Beugelsdijk, S. (2006). A note on the theory and measurement of trust in explaining differences in economic growth. Cambridge Journal of Economics 30 (3): 371-387.
This paper takes issue with the trend to attribute differences in economic growth rates to...
Beugelsdijk, S. (2007). Trust, institutions and the ‘generally speaking question’: a reply to Uslaner. Cambridge Journal of Economics 32 (4): 633-638.
In his critical reply on my article, Uslaner points to several issues, amongst others the lack of...
Beugelsdijk, S., Van Schaik, T. (2005). Social capital and growth in European regions: an empirical test. European Journal of Political Economy 21 (2), 301-324
We study a cross section of 54 European regions. The central question is whether regional...
Cerqueti, R., Coppier, R., Piga, G. (2012). Corruption, growth and ethnolinguistic frac- tionalization: a theoretical game model, Journal of Economics, forthcoming
This paper analyzes the existing relationship between ethnic fractionalization, corruption and the...
Dinda, S. (2008). Social capital in the creation of human capital and economic growth: A productive consumption approach. Journal of Socio-Economics 37 (5), 2020-2033
Social capital is a broad term containing the social networks and norms that generate shared...
Fafchamps, M. (2006). Development and social capital. Journal of Development Studies 42 (7), 1180-1198
This paper examines social capital and its relation with economic development. We focus on the role...
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...
