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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe

Akçomak, I. Semih; ter Weel, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions...

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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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The Impact of Social Capital on Crime: Evidence from the Netherlands

Akçomak, I. Semih; ter Weel, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper investigates the relation between social capital and crime. The analysis contributes to explaining why crime … novel indicators to measure social capital, we find a link between social capital and crime. Our results suggest that higher … levels of social capital are associated with lower crime rates and that municipalities’ historical states in terms of …

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The impact of social capital on crime: evidence from the Netherlands

Akçomak, I. Semih; ter Weel, Bas - 2008

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Can mistargeting destroy social capital and stimulate crime? Evidence from a cash transfer program in Indonesia

Cameron, Lisa A.; Shah, Manisha - 2012

program in Indonesia is significantly associated with increases in crime and declines in social capital within communities …

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The Past and Future of Manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe: Ready for Industry 4.0?

Naudé, Wim; Surdej, Aleksander; Cameron, Martin - 2019

manufacturing in the region, describe three distinct time periods of industrialization since 1990, and explain the nature of I4 …

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Labor Mobility, Trade and Social Capital

Schiff, Maurice - 2004

Labor market integration raises welfare in the absence of distortions. This paper examines labor and goods market integration in a general equilibrium model with social capital. The findings are: i) labor market integration has an ambiguous impact on welfare, and raises it if the goods produced...

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Homeownership, social capital and parental voice in schooling

Grimes, Arthur; Stillman, Steven; Young, Chris - 2011

We use New Zealand school board of trustees data to examine whether schools where parents have high rates of homeownership experience high parental voting turnout in elections. We also investigate whether homeownership influences the probability that a school board proceeds to election,...

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"Thou shalt not covet ...": Prohibitions, temptation and moral values

Cervellati, Matteo; Vanin, Paolo - 2013

This paper proposes a theory of the relationship between prohibitions and temptation. In presence of self-control problems, moral values may increase individual material welfare (and utility) by serving as a self-commitment device. The model investigates the relationship between morality and...

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Criminal Victims, Victimized Criminals, or Both? A Deeper Look at the Victim-Offender Overlap

Entorf, Horst - 2013

offenders. The overlap between offenders and victims is not well understood in criminology, and in the economics of crime the …

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