Social capital and mental health
Essential readings
Helliwell, J. F. (2007). Well-Being and Social Capital: Does Suicide Pose a Puzzle? Social Indicators Research 81, 455-496
This paper has a double purpose: to see how well Durkheim's (1897) findings apply a century...
Frey, B. S. (2011). Happy People Live Longer. Science 331, 542
There is a longstanding idea that happiness causes people to live longer, healthier lives. However...
Sabatini, F. (2011). The relationship between happiness and health: evidence from Italy. University of York Health, Econometrics and Data Group, working paper no. 11/07
We test the relationship between happiness and self-rated health in Italy. The analysis relies on a...
Important readings
De Silva, M. (2005). Context and composition? Social capital and maternal mental health in low income countries. University of London, PhD Thesis
Mary De Silva Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Faculty of Medicine,...
Riess, H. et al. (2012). Empathy Training for Resident Physicians. Journal of General Internal Medicine
Can people learn to be empathetic? A new study reveals that they can. Building on research over the...
Folland, S., Rocco, L. (2014). The Economics of Social Capital and Health A Conceptual and Empirical Roadmap. Washington, D.C.: World Scientific.
This book edited by Sherman Folland and Lorenzo Rocco defines the field of social capital and...
Reading list archive
Alesina, A., Giuliano, P. (2014). Family ties. In S. Durlauf and P. Aghion (Eds). Handbook of Economic Growth. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
We study the role of the most primitive institution in society: the family. Its organization and...
Araya, R., Dunstan, F., Playle, R., Thomas, H., Palmer, S., Lewis, G. (2006). Perceptions of social capital and the built environment and mental health. Social Science and Medicine 62 (12), 3072-3083.
There has been much speculation about a possible association between the social and built...
Cattell, V. (2012). Poverty, Community and Health Co-operation and the Good Society.
Despite plentiful evidence on poverty and reduced health chances and on the benefits of co-...
Costa, D., Kahn, M. (2010). Health, Wartime Stress, and Unit Cohesion: Evidence from Union Army Veterans. Demography 47(1): 45-66.
We fi nd that Union Army veterans of the American Civil War who faced greater wartime stress (as...
Costa, D., L. Kahn, M., Roudiez, C., Wilson, S. (2016). Persistent Social Networks: Civil War Veterans who Fought Together Co-Locate in Later Life. NBER Working Paper No. 22397
At the end of the U.S Civil War, veterans had to choose whether to return to their prewar...
De Silva, M. J., Huttly, S. R., Harpham, T., Kenward, M. G. (2007). Social capital and mental health: A comparative analysis of four low income countries. Social Science and Medicine 64, 5–20.
Women and the poor are disproportionately affected by common mental disorders (CMD), and women in...
Kawachi, I., Soshi, T., Subramanian, S.V. (Eds.) (2013). Global Perspectives on Social Capital and Health. Springer.
A companion volume to Social Capital and Health (edited by Kawachi, Subramanian, and Kim) Covers...
Rostila, M. (2013). Social Capital and Health Inequality in European Welfare States
This book sets out unique findings on whether social capital influences health and health...
Torgler, B., Schaltegger, C. A. (2012). Suicide and Religion: New Evidence on The Differences Between Protestantism and Catholicism.
In this study of the persistent social phenomenon of suicide, we find that even though theological...
