This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in … perceived good health. …

This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in … perceived good health. …

interaction on health in Italy. After controlling for household income, education, work status and a number of socio …-perceived health. The frequency of visits with relatives has a significant, but weaker effect. Membership in voluntary organizations is … a significant and weakly negative predictor of good health. Other relevant explanatory variables are education and work …

The public health literature focusing on the detrimental effects of social isolation has shown that the quantity of … social connections is positively correlated with individual health. Drawing on pooled cross-sectional data, we test this … best predictor of health. We point out the existence of health disparities based on socio-economic status. Poorer and less …

This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in … perceived good health. …

Using a rich cross-sectional dataset, we estimate the effect of meetings with friends on self-perceived health, chronic … correlated with self-perceived health, negatively associated with chronic conditions but not related to limitations in activities …

The paper investigates whether social relations are associated with the health of workers after controlling for … Heckman selection model is estimated from the worker sample, employing both self-reported and objective health measures using …-SILC). Results show that social relations at the individual level are positively correlated with self-perceived health, negatively …

-perceived health. …

-perceived health. …

The paper assesses the causal relationship between formal volunteering and individual health. The econometric analysis … relationship between formal volunteering and self-perceived health. …