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Social capital and the spread of COVID-19 : insights from European countries
Bartscher, Alina Kristin; Seitz, Sebastian; Siegloch, … - 2020
, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Exploiting within-country variation, we show that a one …
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Long lasting differences in civic capital : evidence from a unique immigration event in Italy
Bracco, Emanuele; De Paola, Maria; Green, Colin P. - 2015
such as economic growth, trade and crime. A recent literature goes further to illustrate how historical events and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472484
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Social capital and the uncertainty reduction of self-employment
Blumberg, Boris; Pfann, Gerard A. - 2001
We study the self-employed decision and its relation to human and social capital. Human capital is necessary to acquire skills. Social capital dampens the effects of uncertainty about future income. Our data set consists of 1339 respondents from the same age group, who were interviewed three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401487
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Are retirees more satisfied? : anticipation and adaptation effects of retirement on subjective well-being : a panel analysis for Germany
Merz, Joachim - 2018
Quality of life and satisfaction with life are of particular importance for individuals as well as for society concerning the "demographic change" with now longer retirement periods. This study will contribute to the life satisfaction discussion and quantifies life satisfaction and pattern of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913494
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Inequality indices as tests of fairness
Kanbur, Ravi; Snell, Andy - 2017
Standard income inequality indices can be interpreted as a measure of welfare loss entailed in departures from equality of outcomes, for egalitarian social welfare functions defined on the distribution of outcomes. But such a welfare interpretation has been criticized for a long time on the...
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Does social capital matter? : a study of hit-and-run in US counties
Castriota, Stefano; Rondinella, Sandro; Tonin, Mirco - 2022
We investigate the relationship between social capital and the decision to flee after a fatal road accident. This event is unplanned, and the decision is taken under great emotional distress and time pressure, thus providing a test of whether social capital matters for behaviour in extreme...
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Come out and play : public space recovery, social capital, and citizen security
Braun, Matías; Gallego, Francisco A.; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2023
This paper examines the effects of renovating deteriorated public spaces on local socioeconomic outcomes. We analyze the impacts of a randomized experiment implemented in 28 fragile neighborhoods of Santiago, Chile. Our findings indicate that the renovation of local squares led to increased use...
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Does violent crime deter physical activity?
Janke, Katharina; Propper, Carol; Shields, Michael - 2013
Crime has been argued to have important externalities. We investigate the relationship between violent crime and an … about personal safety co-move with police recorded violent crime. To identify the causal effect of recorded violent crime on … increase in crime - the 2011 England riots - to identify the causal impact of a large exogenous crime shock on physical …
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Can mistargeting destroy social capital and stimulate crime? : evidence from a cash transfer program in Indonesia
Cameron, Lisa Ann; Shah, Manisha - 2012
program in Indonesia is significantly associated with increases in crime and declines in social capital within communities … financial costs that have been the focus of the literature to date. -- cash transfer programs ; crime ; mistargeting ; social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009569299
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Social contacts, Dutch language proficiency and immigrant economic performance in the Netherlands : a longitudinal study
Chiswick, Barry R.; Wang, Zhiling - 2016
Using longitudinal data on immigrants in the Netherlands for the years 1991, 1994, 1998, 2002, we examined the impacts …
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