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 =...

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 =...

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...

The objective of this research was to examine the capacity of sectors to generate income of the economy and the local and inter-regional impacts. For this purpose we built na input-output system with four regions, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and the Rest of Brazil. The main...

In this paper it is made a study of the economy relations among the regions of Ceará, Rest of Northeast and Rest of Brazil for the year of 1999. To do so, an interregional input-output system of constructed for this year. Through the use of this interregional system it was possible: a) to...

Using a rich cross-sectional dataset, we estimate the effect of meetings with friends on self-perceived health, chronic conditions and limitations in daily activities of Italian employees. We address the self-selection of individuals in labour market using an Heckman selection model. Our main...

The paper investigates whether social relations are associated with the health of workers after controlling for demographic and worker characteristics, housing features, neighbourhood quality, size of municipality and regional dummies. We consider two level of social relationships: i) individual...

The objective of this research was to examine the capacity of sectors to generate income of the economy and the local and inter-regional impacts. For this purpose we built na input-output system with four regions, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and the Rest of Brazil. The main...

The purpose of the study was to analyze the capacity for sector income generation of the inter-regional input-output system with four regions, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and the Rest of Brazil, and their local and inter-regional impacts in 2004. The main results showed that: a)...