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Innovation and Social Capital in the Small-Medium Enterprises: a case of bamboo handicraft in Indonesia
Brata, Aloysius Gunadi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
innovation in the bamboo handicraft. Social capital, measured by an index of trust significantly influences the innovation index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980400
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Democracy or videocracy? An econometric analysis of the role of television in the Italian political arena
Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
television in the formation of political consensus in Italy. Based on probit and instrumental variables estimates, we find trust … in television to be the most significant predictor of trust in the Italian prime minister. The latter is also strongly … and negatively correlated with trust in the judicial system and tolerance towards immigrants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025249
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The Contribution of Non-Physical Resources and Strategic Household Decision-making to Environmental and Policy Risks
Mariam, Yohannes; Galaty, John; Coffin, Garth - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1993
Physical resources such as land, labour and livestock, and nonphysical resources such as indigenous knowledge and institutions of producers in the grain surplus and deficit regions of the Central Highlands of Ethiopia are examined under situation of environmental and policy risks. Frequency...
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Structural social capital and health in Italy
Fiorillo, Damiano; Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in Italy. The analysis draws on the 2000 wave of the Multipurpose Survey on Household conducted by the Italian Institute of Statistics on a representative sample of the population (n =...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009223356
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Structural social capital and health in Italy
Fiorillo, Damiano; Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in Italy. The analysis draws on the 2000 wave of the Multipurpose Survey on Household conducted by the Italian Institute of Statistics on a representative sample of the population (n =...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009223363
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An exploratory analysis of the relationship between social interactions, income and health in Italy
Fiorillo, Damiano; Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper carries out a preliminary and exploratory investigation into the effect of various types of social interaction on health in Italy. After controlling for household income, education, work status and a number of socio-demographic variables, we find that the frequency of meetings with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008728050
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Neighbourhood social capital and individual mental health
Tampubolon, Gindo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Neighbourhood social capital is often claimed benecial for health, yet evidence of this contextual eect in the UK has been thin. To examine this eect, I draw upon Grossman health production model and Blume-Brock-Durlauf social interaction model underpinning the effects of neighbourhood social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976979
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Quality and quantity: the role of social interactions in individual health
Damiano, Fiorillo; Fabio, Sabatini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
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 hypothesis on a representative sample of the Italian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876881
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The relationship between happiness and health: evidence from Italy
Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We test the relationship between happiness and self-rated health in Italy. The analysis relies on a unique dataset collected through the administration of a questionnaire to a representative sample (n = 817) of the population of the Italian Province of Trento in March 2011. Based on probit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009022007
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Rethinking connectivity as interactivity: a case study of Pakistan
Haque, Nadeem; Pirzada, Ahmed; Ahmed, Vaqar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Connectivity in developing countries has traditionally been viewed in terms of investment in transport and communications. This papers makes an effort to go beyond this traditional view and conceptualizes connectivity as networks between people and places. We split the overall national reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322888